Volume 16, Tome II: Kierkegaard's Literary Figures and Motifs: Gulliver to Zerlina - Kierkegaard Research: Sources, Reception and Resources New edition

While Kierkegaard is perhaps known best as a religious thinker and philosopher, there is an unmistakable literary element in his writings. He often explains complex concepts and ideas by using literary figures and motifs that he could assume his readers would have some familiarity with.