Preparation of manuscripts for Kierkegaard’s Writings is supported by a genuinely enabling grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The grant includes gifts from the Dronning Margrethes og Prins Henriks Fond, the Danish Ministry of Cultural Affairs, the Augustinus Fond, the Carlsberg Fond, and the Lutheran Brotherhood Foundation.
The translators-editors are indebted to Grethe Kjaer and Julia Watkin for their knowledgeable observations on crucial concepts and terminology.
John Elrod, Per Lønning, and Sophia Scopetéa, members of the International Advisory Board for Kierkegaard’s Writings, have given valuable criticism of the manuscript on the whole and in detail. Jack Schwandt, Jørgen Hansen, Margaret Hansen, Craig Mason, and Julia Watkin helpfully read the manuscript. Kathryn Hong, associate editor for KW at St. Olaf, scrutinized the manuscript. Regine Prenzel-Guthrie, assistant editor for KW, also scrutinized the manuscript and prepared the index.
Acknowledgment is made to Gyldendals Forlag for permission to use the texts and to absorb notes in Søren Kierkegaards samlede Værker and Søren Kierkegaards Papirer.
Inclusion in the Supplement of entries from Søren Kierkegaard’s Journals and Papers is by arrangement with Indiana University Press.
The book collection and the microfilm collection of the Kierkegaard Library, St. Olaf College, have been used in preparation of the text and of the Supplement and Editorial Appendix.
The original manuscript was typed by Dorothy Bolton and Kennedy Lemke. The final manuscript and composition tape were prepared by Francesca Lane Rasmus. The volume has been guided through the press by Cathie Brettschneider.