Two Essays

Kierkegaard's manuscripts

The Secret Note

"After my death no one will find even the least bit of information in my papers (this is my consolation) about what has really filled my life; no one will find that which is written in the core of my being that explains everything, and which often makes what the world would call trifles into exceedingly important events to me, and which I, too, view as insignificance, if I remove the secret note that explains this."

The Primeval Writ Read by a Genius

“Geniuses are like thunderstorms: they go against the wind; terrify mankind; cleanse the air.”

Other Danish Manuscripts

E-manuscripts: 19th and 20th century (mostly in Danish)

Poul Martin Møller, Hans Christian Andersen, Georg Brandes, Sophus Claussen, J.P. Jacobsen, Johannes V. Jensen ...

Foreword to Either - Or (draft)

“Dog, den der spotter Andre, han spotter sig selv, og det er ikke for Intet, men en dyb Spot over Dig, et sørgeligt Beviis paa, hvor ledeløs Din Sjæl er, at Din Livsanskuelse concentrerer sig i een eneste Sætning ‘jeg siger bare enten – eller’.”

Se også Georg Brandes' dagbøger online.

H.C Andersens dagbog med egenhændige tegninger fra en rejse til Tyskland i 1831 er udgivet som manuskript. Endvidere er samtlige dagbøger udgivet som søgbar tekst med mere end 340 illustrationer, samt de almanakker, hvori Andersen skrev om dagens hændelser, når han da ikke var ude at rejse.

Danish texts on the web

Read Søren Kierkegaard in the Archive of Danish Literature