Master Kierkegaard is a diary kept by a fictional servant in the house of Soren Kierkegaard. The strong-willed but faithful Magda, a well-educated and ""fallen"" woman from Berlin, considers herself fortunate to have found domestic work in Copenhagen and yet is plagued by her own demons. Two journals set in the summer of 1847, while Kierkegaard wrote his Works of Love, record Magdas reflections on Scripture, literature, and life, focusing on her sporadic yet intimate interactions with her master, Denmarks premier writer, theologian, and philosopher.

""Master Kierkegaard is a masterpiece of...

In this second volume of Master Kierkegaard, the fictional German maidservant Magda continues to record her relationship with Scripture, literature, and her elusive yet compelling master. Three journals set in the fall, winter, and ""peoples"" spring of 1847 and 1848 reflect the precariousness of Magdas position in the household and the rapidly changing social landscape, at the same time as Kierkegaard began, revised, or completed several of his most existential and prophetic works.

""Through the changing of the seasons in a year of revolutions, a maidservant reflects on the Bible . . . and...