Miguel De Unamuno (1864-1936) - An Incredible Spanish Author - Icon of the Hispanic Intelligentsia - Luminary of Mankind,
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Spanish philosophical writer; of Basque descent. His major work, The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Nations (1913), expresses his highly individualistic EXISTENTIALISM, a philosophy based on faith in faith itself and stressing the vital role spiritual anxiety plays in driving man to live the fullest possible life. He also wrote poetry, essays, and novels, all expressing his impassioned concern with life and death. His most famous novel, Abel Sanchez probes the horror of a nothingness beyond death. .
Unamuno concerned himself largely with the tension between intellect and emotion, faith and reason.
He was most influential as an essayist and novelist.
His main theme is that of the need to preserve one's personal integrity in the face of social conformity, fanaticism, and hypocrisy.
His first published work was the essays collected in En torno al casticismo (1895),
His "Life of Don Quixote and Sancho" analyze Miguel de Cervantes' literary characters.
This and other themes were explored in The Agony of Christianity
Unamuno's novels are intensely psychological depictions of agonized characters
who illustrate and give voice to his own philosophical ideas.
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