Miguel de Unamuno

1864 - 1936, Generation of '98

Key Points
  • Outstanding Spanish writer, poet and philosopher

  • Main exponent of the Spanish Generation of 98'

  • Deeply reflected on ethical questions and the motives of his faith

  • Used literature to analyze himself and understand the world around him

  • Search for the Spanish soul, what he called 'the eternal tradition of the present' versus traditionalism

  • Advocated for the 'intra-history', a concept he conceived as the history of common people, against the official history

  • He tried to establish the boundaries between individual self-determination and the need for a social ethic

  • Sought to regenerate the moral foundations of Spanish society

Relevant Works
  • Niebla

  • Abel Sánchez

  • San Manuel Bueno, mártir

  • Vida de Don Quijote y Sancho

  • Abel Sánchez

  • La tía Tula

  • Paz en la guerra

  • Amor y Pedagogía

  • Del sentimiento trágico de la vida

  • La agonía del cristianismo

  • El Otro

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