Reddit mentions of Kierkegaard's Category of Repetition (Kierkegaard Studies. Monograph Series, 5)

Due at least in part to his Socratic methodological presuppositions and consequent rhetorical strategies, Kierkegaard frequently presents his philosophical ideas in literary form. Accordingly, when reading his work it is unwise to sharply separate the two.

While Repetition is not among Kierkegaard’s most influential works, neither is it among his least influential. It was certainly a huge influence on Deleuze’s 1968 Différence et Répétition, and has elicited comparisons of Kierkegaard’s category to Nietzsche’s notion of eternal recurrence (see, e.g., Kellenberger 1997). For a book length treatment, see especially Eriksen 2000.

Repetition is, thematically and in terms of publication date, a companion volume to Fear and Trembling. Kierkegaard’s fictive dialectician-humorist Johannes Climacus treats them together in Concluding Unscientific Postscript (see Hongs’ trans., pp. 261-68). See also Mark Taylor’s “Ordeal and Repetition in Kierkegaard’s Treatment of Abraham and Job” in Connell and Evans, eds. 1992. And yes, pseudonymity is important, concerning which see the following posts:

Kierkegaard and His Pseudonyms—Part I

Kierkegaard and His Pseudonyms—Part II

Kierkegaard and His Pseudonyms—Part III

A “Who’s Who” of Kierkegaard’s Formidable Army of Pseudonyms

On the Existential Labyrinth of Kierkegaardian Pseudonymity

The Intentional Unreliability of the Kierkegaardian Pseudonyms

In short, Kierkegaard is not Constantius, nor is he the Young Man. (The supplement in the Hongs’ translation has some portions from Kierkegaard’s journals and papers that help greatly clarify Kierkegaard’s own understanding of repetition.)