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Introduction. A Truer Impression: Kierkegaard's Metaphors<br/>A. Prologue. Two Views of One Caricature,<br/>B. A Truer Impression,<br/>C. Framing the Abstract in Concrete Terms,<br/>D. The Poet-Philosopher,<br/>1. Deceiving into the Truth:<br/>Metaphor and Indirect Communication (the Maieutic)<br/>A. Kierkegaard's Early Thoughts on Metaphor,<br/>B. .The Pseudonyms: Metaphoric Thought-Experiments,<br/>Godly Satires, and Structuring a Maieutic Authorship<br/>in a World of Direct Commvmication,<br/>C. "The Fork,"<br/>D. Language's Inadequacies, Existentialist Writing,<br/>and Becoming a Human through a Persona,<br/>E. Language Decay, Ambiguities, Opposition,<br/>and the Need for Passionate Tension,<br/>2. Concealing Collisions of the Self:<br/>The Esthetic Poetization of Metaphor<br/>A. Reasons for Esthetic Hiddenness,<br/>B. Sources of Esthetic Hiddenness: the Romantic Tradition,<br/>C. Becoming Entangled in Metaphor and Acting Fatally,<br/>3. Disclosing Collisions of the Self:<br/>The Ethical Analysis of Metaphor<br/>A. From Concealment to Disclosure,<br/>B. Practicing What You Preach; Ethical Actuality's<br/>Terrifying, Matter-of-Fact Task,<br/>C. "You Are the One,'<br/>4. Enacting Collisions of the Self:<br/>The Religious Literalization of Metaphor<br/>A. Kierkegaard's "Concept" of Metaphor,<br/>Interlude: The Coming into Existence of Metaphor,<br/>B. Rejecting or Annulling Metaphor<br/>to Embrace It Existentially,<br/>C. Enacting and Literalizing Metaphor<br/>through Imitation, Suffering, and Atonement<br/>D. The Woman Who Was a Sinner,<br/>E. Epilogue: Metaphor and Dying to the World, |
