Unamuno's Theory of the Novel

Unamuno's Theory of the Novel

Author: C. A. Longhurst

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1351538217

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Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) is widely regarded as Spain's greatest and most controversial writer of the first half of the twentieth century. Professor of Greek, and later Rector, at the University of Salamanca, and a figure with a noted public profile in his day, he wrote a large number of philosophical, political and philological essays, as well as poems, plays and short stories, but it is his highly idiosyncratic novels, for which he coined the word nivola, that have attracted the greatest critical attention. Niebla (Mist, 1914) has become one of the most studied works of Spanish literature, such is the enduring fascination which it has provoked. In this study, C. A. Longhurst, a distinguished Unamuno scholar, sets out to show that behind Unamuno's fictional experiments there lies a coherent and quasi-philosophical concept of the novelesque genre and indeed of writing itself. Ideas about freedom, identity, finality, mutuality and community are closely intertwined with ideas on writing and reading and give rise to a new and highly personal way of conceiving fiction.


Jesus of Nazareth in the Literature of Unamuno

Jesus of Nazareth in the Literature of Unamuno

Author: C.A. Longhurst

Publisher: University of Wales Press

Published: 2023-07-15

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1837720444

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This books resolutely confronts key questions in Christianity and in Unamuno’s interpretation of it by covering important works read by Unamuno and major works written by him. This book takes into account both Unamuno’s discursive essays and his literary works, and so emphasising the poetic—as distinct from discursive—value of the story of Jesus. This book also includes English translations of original Spanish passages.


The Company of the Creative

The Company of the Creative

Author: David L. Larsen

Publisher: Kregel Academic

Published:

Total Pages: 644

ISBN-13: 9780825494321

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Great works and authors of the world are introduced and reviewed artistically, intellectually, and theologically. Persons discussed include Plato, Milton, Dickens, Shakespeare, Charlotte Bronte, Mark Twain, and C. S. Lewis.


The Encyclopedia of the Novel

The Encyclopedia of the Novel

Author: Peter Melville Logan

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2014-04-14

Total Pages: 803

ISBN-13: 1118723899

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Now available in a single volume paperback, this advanced reference resource for the novel and novel theory offers authoritative accounts of the history, terminology, and genre of the novel, in over 140 articles of 500-7,000 words. Entries explore the history and tradition of the novel in different areas of the world; formal elements of the novel (story, plot, character, narrator); technical aspects of the genre (such as realism, narrative structure and style); subgenres, including the bildungsroman and the graphic novel; theoretical problems, such as definitions of the novel; book history; and the novel's relationship to other arts and disciplines. The Encyclopedia is arranged in A-Z format and features entries from an international cast of over 140 scholars, overseen by an advisory board of 37 leading specialists in the field, making this the most authoritative reference resource available on the novel. This essential reference, now available in an easy-to-use, fully indexed single volume paperback, will be a vital addition to the libraries of literature students and scholars everywhere.


A Further Range

A Further Range

Author: Anthony Hedley Clarke

Publisher: University of Exeter Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9780859895750

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The Spanish literature discussed in this volume falls into two main categories: the work of Galician novelist, short-story writer and critic, Emilia Pardo Bazan and the wider context of prose fiction and criticism during the period 1870 to 1935.