KierKegaard’s influence on literature, criticism and art tome V: tHe romance languages, central and eastern euroPe Kierkegaard Research: Sources, Reception and Resources Volume 12, Tome V Kierkegaard Research: Sources, Reception and Resources is a publication of the søren Kierkegaard research centre General Editor Jon stewart Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Editorial Board finn gredal Jensen Katalin nun Peter ŠaJda Advisory Board lee c. barrett maría J. binetti istVÁn czaKÓ HeiKo scHulz curtis l. tHomPson Kierkegaard’s Influence on literature, criticism and art tome V: the romance languages, central and eastern europe Edited by Jon stewart First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing Published 2016 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Copyright © Jon stewart and the contributors 2013 Jon stewart has asserted his right under the copyright, designs and Patents act, 1988, to be identified as the editor of this work. 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Philosophy in literature. i. series ii. stewart, Jon (Jon bartley) 198.9–dc23 The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows: Kierkegaard’s influence on literature, criticism, and art / edited by Jon Stewart. p. cm.—(Kierkegaard research ; v. 12, t. 5) includes index. ISBN 978-1-4094-6514-0 (hardcover) 1. Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813–1855—Influence. 2. Kierkegaard, søren, 1813–1855—literary art. 3. criticism. i. stewart, Jon (Jon bartley) b4377.K5124 2012 198’.9—dc23 2012026885 isbn 9781409465140 (hbk) cover design by Katalin nun contents List of Contributors vii List of Abbreviations ix ParT I The romanCe Languages max blecher: the bizarre adventure of suffering Leo Stan 3 Jorge luis borges: the fear without trembling Eduardo Fernández Villar 21 leonardo l. castellani: between suero Kirkegord and thomas aquinas María J. Binetti 33 carlos fuentes: “Poor mexico, so far away from god and so close to the united states” Patricia C. Dip 45 fernando Pessoa: Poets and Philosophers Elisabete M. de Sousa and António M. Feijó 57 ernesto sábato: the darker side of Kierkegaardian existence María J. Binetti 77 maría zambrano: Kierkegaard and the criticism of modern rationalism Carmen Revilla and Laura Llevadot 87 vi Kierkegaard’s Influence on Literature, Criticism and Art ParT II CenTraL anD easTern euroPe mikhail bakhtin: direct and indirect reception of Kierkegaard in works of the russian thinker Tatiana Shchyttsova 105 Péter esterházy: semi-serious András Nagy 121 witold gombrowicz: the struggle for the authentic self Wojciech Kaftański 139 ivan Klíma: “to save my inner world” Nigel Hatton 157 Péter nádas: books and memories András Nagy 169 Pinhas sadeh: the Poet as “the single individual” Sharon Krishek 189 Index of Persons 199 Index of Subjects 205 list of contributors maría J. Binetti, CONICET (“Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones científicas y técnicas”), federico lacroze 2100, c1426cPs, buenos aires, argentina. Patricia C. Dip, instituto de ciencias, universidad de general sarmiento, Juan m. gutierrez 1150, (1613) los Polvorines, buenos aires, argentina. antónio m. Feijó, faculdade de letras da universidade de lisboa, alameda da universidade, 1600-214 lisbon, Portugal. eduardo Fernández Villar, universidad nacional de mar del Plata, facultad de Humanidades, departamento de filosofía, funes 3350, c.P. 7600, mar del Plata – buenos aires, argentina. nigel hatton, school of social sciences, Humanities and arts, university of california, merced, 5200 north lake road, merced, ca 95343, usa. Wojciech Kaftański, australian catholic university, faculty of theology and Philosophy, locked bag 4115 dc, fitzroy Victoria 3065, melbourne, australia. Sharon Krishek, ben-gurion university of the negev, P.o.b. 653 beer-sheva, 84105 israel. Laura Llevadot, Departament d’Historia de la Filosofia, Estetica i Filosofia de la Cultura, Facultat de Filosofia, Universitat de Barcelona, c/ Montalegre, 6, 08001 barcelona, spain. andrás nagy, theater department, Pannon university, egyetem utca 10, 8200 Veszprém, Hungary. Carmen revilla, Departament d’Historia de la Filosofia, Estetica i Filosofia de la Cultura, Facultat de Filosofia, Universitat de Barcelona, c/ Montalegre, 6, 08001 barcelona, spain. Tatiana shchyttsova, european Humanities university, tauro str. 12, lt-01114 Vilnius, lithuania. elisabete m. de sousa, Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de letras, alameda da universidade, 1600-214 lisbon, Portugal. viii Kierkegaard’s Influence on Literature, Criticism and Art Leo stan, centre for the study of theory and criticism, university of western ontario, somerville House, rm. 2345a, london, ontario n6a 3K7, canada. list of abbreviations Danish Abbreviations B&A Breve og Aktstykker vedrørende Søren Kierkegaard, vols. 1–2, ed. by niels thulstrup, copenhagen: munksgaard 1953–54. Bl.art. S. Kierkegaard’s Bladartikler, med Bilag samlede efter Forfatterens Død, udgivne som Supplement til hans øvrige Skrifter, ed. by rasmus nielsen, copenhagen: c.a. reitzel 1857. EP Af Søren Kierkegaards Efterladte Papirer, vols. 1–9, ed. by H.P. barfod and Hermann gottsched, copenhagen: c.a. reitzel 1869–81. Pap. Søren Kierkegaards Papirer, vols. i to Xi–3, ed. by Peter andreas Heiberg, Victor Kuhr and einer torsting, copenhagen: gyldendalske boghandel, nordisk forlag, 1909–48; second, expanded ed., vols. i to Xi–3, by niels thulstrup, vols. Xii to Xiii supplementary volumes, ed. by niels thulstrup, vols. XiV to XVi index by niels Jørgen cappelørn, copenhagen: gyldendal 1968–78. SKS Søren Kierkegaards Skrifter, vols. 1–28, vols. K1–K28, ed. by niels Jørgen cappelørn, Joakim garff, Jette Knudsen, Johnny Kondrup, alastair mcKinnon and finn Hauberg mortensen, copenhagen: gads forlag 1997–2013. SV1 Samlede Værker, ed. by a.b. drachmann, Johan ludvig Heiberg and H.o. lange, vols. i–XiV, copenhagen: gyldendalske boghandels forlag 1901–06. English Abbreviations AN Armed Neutrality, trans. by Howard V. Hong and edna H. Hong, Princeton: Princeton university Press 1998. AR On Authority and Revelation, The Book on Adler, trans. by walter lowrie, Princeton: Princeton university Press 1955.