Kierkegaard Research: Sources, Reception Volume 5, Tome III: Kierkegaard and the Renaissance and Modern Traditions - Literature, Drama and Music, (Hardcover)

The long period from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century supplied numerous sources for Kierkegaard's thought in any number of different fields. The present volume covers the period from the birth of Savonarola in 1452 through the beginning of the nineteenth century and into Kierkegaard's own time. The Danish thinker read authors representing vastly different traditions and time periods, and a diverse range of genres including philosophy, theology, literature, drama and music. The present volume consists of three tomes that are intended to cover Kierkegaard's sources in these different fields of thought.Tome III covers the sources that are relevant for literature, drama and music.