ABSTRACT
With time Dalgas has become a more recognized name in the history of Danish literature. He has now gained in reputation in scholarly circles and is being read by a wider audience than when his books were published for the first time a few years after his death. Yet Dalgas is still no towering figure in the history of Danish literature. Literary historians continue to mention him only in snippets, even though there is a general agreement that his authorship is both original and unique in a Danish context. A significant part of his authorship still lies untouched, and the papers he left behind can be found only in a not easily accessible handwritten collection in the Royal Library Archives in Copenhagen. Moreover, it should be mentioned that his papers have been ordered systematically only to a very limited extent. These conditions make it difficult to gain a broader view of Dalgas’ total output or to undertake a thorough investigation of the individual elements of his authorship. This then naturally also holds true for this article, the purpose of which is to elucidate the relationship between Ernesto Dalgas and Søren Kierkegaard. A similar attempt has only been made once before in the form of a short radio lecture in 1955.8 A few other texts have fleetingly touched upon Dalgas’ use of Kierkegaard in the authorship.
