The eminent scholar Harold Bloom brings us this collection of critical essays on Søren Kierkegaard. The book discusses Kierkegaard’s philosophy. It contains twelve essays overall, and come from a selection of critics and scholars.

The book is very informative. If you are looking to write an essay on Kierkegaard and his philosophy for a class or an assignment of some kind, this book is a great place to start. Since it headlines the portion of philosophy that each essay discusses in the title, it is possible to sort it by subject matter. The book delves deeply into Kierkegaard’s works, enough for someone to do an analysis of his psyche.

There really isn’t much else to say about this book. It also has a chronology of Kierkegaard’s life and times, along with a full bibliography of the source material for this book. Each essay has a little footnote at the beginning that tells you when and where the essay was published. This allows for a placing of public opinion to some extent. ( )