Miguel de Unamuno
The exercise of imagination required for the writing of “existential” or “personal” novels was for the Spanish philosoph
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Table of contents :
THE PROBLEM 14
Dispersion and unity 15
Philosophical concern 17
Literature and philosophy 18
UNAMUNO’S THEME 20
The sole question 20
Reason and life 22
Reality 26
Commentary and novel 29
THE PERSONAL NOVEL 32
World and person 32
Case and character 34
Biographies 36
Psychological novel and personal novel 38
Existence and person 40
The imaginative anticipation of death 42
The depths of the person 43
THE NOVEL AS A METHOD OF KNOWLEDGE 48
Unamuno’s purpose 48
What the novel can and cannot give 50
The significance of the novel as method 53
UNAMUNO’S NARRATIVES 55
The problem of the circumstance 55
The dimensions of the person 58
Everyday life: Paz en la guerra 61
The transition to individual life: Amor y pedagogía 65
Fiction and reality: Niebla 67
The depths of the soul: Abel Sánchez 70
The vacuum of personality: Don Sandalio, jugador de ajedrez 74
Living together: La tía Tula 76
Personal life: San Manuel Bueno, mártir 81
THE POETRY 87
The value of the verse 87
The poetic narrative 96
RELIGION IN THE WORK OF UNAMUNO 101
The point of departure 101
Appearance of agnosticism 102
The religious content 105
Christianity 108
UNAMUNO AND PHILOSOPHY 113
The idea of philosophy 113
The problem of being 117
Human life 121
The person 128
Death and survival 135
The theme of God 142
Unamuno and the history of philosophy 146
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF UNAMUNO’S WORKS 148
INDEX 151
