[Milton-L] more on Milton/ Kierkegaard in Denmark and a very feisty 17th C Danish priest influenced by meeting Milton and another Miltonist, an 18th C artist

[James Rovira]

Thanks very much. The account of the Danish priest visiting Milton is
especially interesting.  As widely read as Kierkegaard was, and as
widely available and known as Milton was, it seems more likely that he
would have read Milton than not (I know he read Byron, P. Shelley,
Edward Young, and Shakespeare among English authors, at least--but
only in German translation, Schlegel's and Tieck's German translations
in Shakespeare's case).  I haven't found even a gesture toward Milton
yet, though, and if I expected it anywhere I'd expect it in Concept of
Anxiety's discussion of Adam and Eve.  I know K disliked the
possibility of having to learn English and appreciated German
translations of works originally in English when he could get them,
and of course if they were already available in Latin all the better.

Jim R

On 10/15/07, Ann Torday Gulden <AnnTorday.Gulden at hf.hio.no> wrote:
> There is no mention of Milton in the biggest Kierkegaard concordance.
> But that does not prove anything. Try here. They would be the experts:
> http://www.sk.ku.dk/
> Søren Kierkegaard Research Center,   University of Copenhagen