A Literary Review: Two Ages, a Novel by the Author of a Story of Everyday Life, Published by J.L. Heiberg, Copenhagen, Reitzel, 1845

By Søren Kierkegaard and Thomasine Gyllembourg

Book Overview

While ostensibly commenting on the work of a contemporary novelist, Kierkegaard used this review as a critique of his society and age. The influence of this short piece has been far-reaching. The apocalyptic final sections are the source for central notions in Heidegger's Being and Time. Later readers have seized on the essay as a prophetic analysis of our own time. Its concepts have been drawn into current debates on identity, addiction, and social conformity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140448012
• ISBN13: 9780140448016
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 109 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.8" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher