Kierkegaard: a biography

Sobre el libro Kierkegaard: a biography de Alistair Hannaway publicado por Cambridge UP al 2003:

Written by one of the world´s preeminent authorities on Kierkegaard, this biography is the first to reveal the delicate imbrication of Kierkegaard´s life and thought. To grasp the importance and influence of Kierkegaard´s thought far beyond his native Denmark, it is necessary to trace the many factors that led this gifted but (according to his headmaster) ´exceedingly childish youth´ to grapple with traditional philosophical problems and religious themes in a way that later generations would recognize as amounting to a philosophical revolution. This book offers a powerful narrative account which will be of particular interest to philosophers, literary theorists, intellectual historians, and scholars of religious studies as well as any non-specialist looking for an authoritative guide to the life and work of one of the most original and fascinating figures in Western philosophy.
Contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. From street to salon: first blood; 2. The matter with Soren; 3. A Faustian phase; 4. The wild geese fly; 5. The dead and the living: debut; 6. Serious about irony: the dissertation; 7. The breach and Berlin: either/or; 8. Faith and tragic heroism; 9. More to being; 10. Notabene´s meditation; 11. Completing the stages; 12. Concluding business; 13. Reviewing the age; 14. Refashioning the exterior; 15. Works of love; 16. Defining the deed; 17. Mischievous martyr; 18. ´Poor Kierkegaard; Bibliography.