Abel Sanchez and Other Stories

Abel Sanchez and Other Stories

Author: Miguel De Unamuno

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2015-11-17

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 1621575128

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Delve into three of Spanish philosopher Miguel de Unamuno's most haunting parables. This essential Unamuno reader begins with the full-length novel Abel Sanchez, a modern retelling of the story of Cain and Abel. Also included are two remarkable short stories, The Madness of Doctor Montarco and San Manuel Bueno, Martyr, featuring quixotic, philosophically existential characters confronted by the dull ache of modernity. Translated by Anthony Kerrigan and with an insightful introduction by Mario J. Valdes


Abel Sánchez

Abel Sánchez

Author: Miguel de Unamuno

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13:

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Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) is the towering intellectual giant of early twentieth-century Spain. He wrote novels, plays, poetry and many essays, but is best remembered for his fictional works and for his major philosophical meditation on the nature of existence. Abel Sanchez, first published in 1917, is perhaps Unamuno's most intense expression of the tragic sense. It is the story of one man's suffering, born of his obsessive envy of his friend and the consequences of this for him and for those around him. The novel explores themes of identity, personal insecurity, inner and outer relationships, and otherness - dissected with an intensity and a passion that can leave no reader unaffected. John Macklin's edition provides a new English translation alongside the Spanish text, together with a substantial introduction.


Abel Sánchez

Abel Sánchez

Author: Miguel de Unamuno

Publisher: CONVIVIVM

Published:

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13:

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Abel Sánchez: A Tale of Passion is considered one of the most important works of Spanish literature of the 20th century. The book is a philosophical and psychological reflection on the human being and its condition. The story revolves around two main characters: Abel and Joaquín. Abel is seen as the personification of life and joy, while Joaquín is the personification of death and suffering. Through the narrative, Miguel de Unamuno explores issues such as the struggle between life and death, the search for happiness and truth, and human nature. In addition, the author uses the figure of Joaquín to question the nature of science and religion, and how they relate to human life. Unamuno's writing is intense and poetic, and his reflections are deep and touching. The book is an enriching and challenging read that will certainly make the reader question their own beliefs and values.


Approaches to Teaching the Works of Miguel de Unamuno

Approaches to Teaching the Works of Miguel de Unamuno

Author: Luis Álvarez-Castro

Publisher: Modern Language Association of America

Published: 2020-04-01

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 9781603294423

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A central figure of Spanish culture and an author in many genres, Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) is less well known outside Spain. He was a surprising writer and thinker: a professor of Greek who embraced metafiction and modernist methods; a proponent of Castilian Spanish although born in the Basque country and influenced by many international writers; religious yet an early existentialist. He found himself in opposition to both King Alfonso XIII and the military dictatorship of José Primo de Rivera, then became involved in the political upheaval that led to the Spanish Civil War. Part 1 of this volume, "Materials," gives information on different editions and translations of Unamuno's works, on scholarly and critical secondary sources, and on Web resources. The essays in part 2, "Approaches," offer suggestions for introducing students to the range of his works—novels, essays, poetry, and philosophy—in Spanish language and literature and comparative literature classrooms.


The Cambridge Companion to the Spanish Novel

The Cambridge Companion to the Spanish Novel

Author: Harriet Turner

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-09-11

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9780521778152

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The Cambridge Companion to the Spanish Novel presents the development of the modern Spanish novel from 1600 to the present. Drawing on the combined legacies of Don Quijote and the traditions of the picaresque novel, these essays focus on the question of invention and experiment, on what constitutes the singular features of evolving fictional forms. It examines how the novel articulates the relationships between history and fiction, high and popular culture, art and ideology, and gender and society. Contributors highlight the role played by historical events and cultural contexts in the elaboration of the Spanish novel, which often takes a self-conscious stance toward literary tradition. Topics covered include the regional novel, women writers, and film and literature. This companionable survey, which includes a chronology and guide to further reading, conveys a vivid sense of the innovative techniques of the Spanish novel and of the debates surrounding it.


Essays, Paradoxes, Soliloquies

Essays, Paradoxes, Soliloquies

Author: Miguel de Unamuno

Publisher:

Published: 2022-02-08

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781955190268

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Essays, Paradoxes, Soliloquies is a new selection of Unamuno's essays from across two previously published collections, 1925's Essays and Soliloquies, translated by J. E. Crawford Flitch, and 1945's Perplexities and Paradoxes, translated by Stuart Gross. Here Unamuno forcefully and eloquently expresses his beliefs about religion, ethics, philosophy, and Spanish literature."What remain today are the argumentative Essays, perhaps the most living and enduring of all he wrote[.]" - Jorge Luis Borges


Abel Sanchez (Spanish Edition)

Abel Sanchez (Spanish Edition)

Author: Miguel De Unamuno

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-01-03

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 9781542326674

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Al igual que la mayor parte de las novelas de Unamuno, y a diferencia de las novelas realistas al uso en la �poca, Abel S�nchez carece de indicaciones cronol�gicas y geogr�ficas concretas se sit�a as� en un "tiempo sin tiempo".Por otro lado, en esta novela Unamuno refleja una lucha interior del protagonista, acosado por sus miedos, por sus celos y por sus concepciones encontradas, su religiosidad sin dogmas y la eterna historia b�blica que se repite, en los ca�nes y abeles.