ABSTRACT
Ettore Rocca's monograph, Kierkegaard, was published by the Italian publishing house Carocci in November 2012 as volume number 29 in the recently launched and distinguished series Pensatori. In Chapter 1, the starting point is established quite surprisingly in the year 1851, that is, when the 38-year-old Søren Kierkegaard decides to put an end to his astonishing literary parabola. In Chapter 2, Rocca's point is that the interpreter has to carefully avoid falling into these traps that, in the best cases, contain more fiction than reality. Next, in Chapter 3, Rocca outlines the complex intellectual life of the student of theology between 1834 and 1841. It is in Chapter 4 that Rocca begins his thorough examination of Kierkegaard's literary parabola. At the beginning of Chapter 9 Rocca uses Climacus' distinction in order to outline a still overlooked portion of Kierkegaard's authorship.
