Description: In this serial work of religious historical fiction,
Magda, a "fallen woman" from Berlin turned maidservant in the house
of Soren Kierkegaard, seeks the full life that has thus far eluded
her. Two journals set in the summer of 1847 record Magda's
responses to the Luther Bible, Goethe's Faust, and her elusive yet
compelling master, who is simultaneously crafting his Works of
Love. Three journals set in the fall, winter, and "people's spring"
of 1847 and 1848 reflect Magda's ongoing engagement with secular
and sacred writings, her sporadic yet intimate interactions with
her master, the precariousness of her position in his household,
and the rapidly changing social landscape, at the same time as
Kierkegaard begins, revises, or completes several of his most
existential and prophetic works. A sixth journal set in the summer
of 1848 reveals Magda's final disposition. Is she judged, or is she
saved? Endorsements: "Through the changing of the seasons in a year
of revolutions, a maidservant reflects on the Bible . . . and the
anguish and hope of her master, the Danish philosopher Soren
Kierkegaard. Ellen Brown has crafted an understated, heartfelt, and
moving meditation on the enigmatic man, religion, the position of
women in society, and a life of exile and liberation." --Marshall
Brown, Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of
Washington, editor of Modern Language Quarterly, and author of The
Shape of German Romanticism "Readers of Magda's diary from the
summer of 1847 will be delighted with these journals, which
continue her life story alongside her continuing reflections on
Scripture, literature, and life. Like the first volume, this
collection is filled with spiritual insight and wisdom. The life
story takes a surprising turn, or was it to be expected? Magda's
characterization of Kierkegaard is poetic and convincing." --Adela
Yarbro Collins, Buckingham Professor of New Testament Criticism and
Interpretation at Yale Divinity School About the Contributor(s):
Ellen Brown lives in Connecticut. Her publications prior to Master
Kierkegaard include essays on Percy Shelley's Prometheus Unbound
and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
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