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Paisajes del alma
PAISAJES DEL ALMA recopila treinta y cuatro artículos de Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936), escritos en su mayoría con posterioridad a 1922 y ordenados por M. García Blanco según criterios cronológicos y temáticos. Diversos entornos geográficos y ciudades sirven de inspiración al Pompeya, el Bilbao de su niñez y mocedad, las Canarias de su destierro bajo Primo de Rivera, los paisajes de Castilla, etc. Cierra la recopilación el artículo «País, paisaje y paisanaje», dedicado a «esta mano tendida al mar poniente que es la tierra de España».
186 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1979
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Miguel de Unamuno
906 books1,081 followersMiguel de Unamuno y Jugo was born in the medieval centre of Bilbao, Basque Country, the son of Félix de Unamuno and Salomé Jugo. As a young man, he was interested in the Basque language, and competed for a teaching position in the Instituto de Bilbao, against Sabino Arana. The contest was finally won by the Basque scholar Resurrección María de Azcue.
Unamuno worked in all major genres: the essay, the novel, poetry and theatre, and, as a modernist, contributed greatly to dissolving the boundaries between genres. There is some debate as to whether Unamuno was in fact a member of the Generation of '98 (an ex post facto literary group of Spanish intellectuals and philosophers that was the creation of José Martínez Ruiz — a group that includes Antonio Machado, Azorín, Pío Baroja, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Ramiro de Maeztu and Ángel Ganivet, among others).
In addition to his writing, Unamuno played an important role in the intellectual life of Spain. He served as rector of the University of Salamanca for two periods: from 1900 to 1924 and 1930 to 1936, during a time of great social and political upheaval. Unamuno was removed from his post by the government in 1924, to the protest of other Spanish intellectuals. He lived in exile until 1930, first banned to Fuerteventura (Canary Islands), from where he escaped to France. Unamuno returned after the fall of General Primo de Rivera's dictatorship and took up his rectorship again. It is said in Salamanca that the day he returned to the University, Unamuno began his lecture by saying "As we were saying yesterday, ...", as Fray Luis de León had done in the same place four centuries before, as though he had not been absent at all. After the fall of Rivera's dictatorship, Spain embarked on its second Republic, a short-lived attempt by the people of Spain to take democratic control of their own country. He was a candidate for the small intellectual party Al Servicio de la República.
The burgeoning Republic was eventually squashed when a military coup headed by General Francisco Franco caused the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. Having begun his literary career as an internationalist, Unamuno gradually became a convinced Spanish nationalist, feeling that Spain's essential qualities would be destroyed if influenced too much by outside forces. Thus for a brief period he actually welcomed Franco's revolt as necessary to rescue Spain from radical influence. However, the harsh tactics employed by the Francoists in the struggle against their republican opponents caused him to oppose both the Republic and Franco.
As a result of his opposition to Franco, Unamuno was effectively removed for a second time from his University post. Also, in 1936 Unamuno had a brief public quarrel with the Nationalist general Millán Astray at the University in which he denounced both Astray and elements of the Francoist movement. He called the battle cry of the rightist Falange movement—"Long live death!"—repellent and suggested Astray wanted to see Spain crippled. One historian notes that his address was a "remarkable act of moral courage" and that he risked being lynched on the spot. Shortly afterwards, he was placed under house arrest, where he remained, broken-hearted, until his death ten weeks later.[1]
Unamuno worked in all major genres: the essay, the novel, poetry and theatre, and, as a modernist, contributed greatly to dissolving the boundaries between genres. There is some debate as to whether Unamuno was in fact a member of the Generation of '98 (an ex post facto literary group of Spanish intellectuals and philosophers that was the creation of José Martínez Ruiz — a group that includes Antonio Machado, Azorín, Pío Baroja, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Ramiro de Maeztu and Ángel Ganivet, among others).
In addition to his writing, Unamuno played an important role in the intellectual life of Spain. He served as rector of the University of Salamanca for two periods: from 1900 to 1924 and 1930 to 1936, during a time of great social and political upheaval. Unamuno was removed from his post by the government in 1924, to the protest of other Spanish intellectuals. He lived in exile until 1930, first banned to Fuerteventura (Canary Islands), from where he escaped to France. Unamuno returned after the fall of General Primo de Rivera's dictatorship and took up his rectorship again. It is said in Salamanca that the day he returned to the University, Unamuno began his lecture by saying "As we were saying yesterday, ...", as Fray Luis de León had done in the same place four centuries before, as though he had not been absent at all. After the fall of Rivera's dictatorship, Spain embarked on its second Republic, a short-lived attempt by the people of Spain to take democratic control of their own country. He was a candidate for the small intellectual party Al Servicio de la República.
The burgeoning Republic was eventually squashed when a military coup headed by General Francisco Franco caused the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. Having begun his literary career as an internationalist, Unamuno gradually became a convinced Spanish nationalist, feeling that Spain's essential qualities would be destroyed if influenced too much by outside forces. Thus for a brief period he actually welcomed Franco's revolt as necessary to rescue Spain from radical influence. However, the harsh tactics employed by the Francoists in the struggle against their republican opponents caused him to oppose both the Republic and Franco.
As a result of his opposition to Franco, Unamuno was effectively removed for a second time from his University post. Also, in 1936 Unamuno had a brief public quarrel with the Nationalist general Millán Astray at the University in which he denounced both Astray and elements of the Francoist movement. He called the battle cry of the rightist Falange movement—"Long live death!"—repellent and suggested Astray wanted to see Spain crippled. One historian notes that his address was a "remarkable act of moral courage" and that he risked being lynched on the spot. Shortly afterwards, he was placed under house arrest, where he remained, broken-hearted, until his death ten weeks later.[1]
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January 26, 2025
Unos artículos maravillosos llenos de profundidad y de una verdad sencilla que llena de belleza la imaginación.
March 20, 2023
Que listo eres Unamuno a pesar de ser un unionista pesado
February 6, 2024
"Si el catecismo nos enseñó que es creer lo que no vimos, cabe decir que fe -conocimiento, ciencia- es creer lo que vemos. E imaginar lo que vemos es arte, poesía. Tener fe en España y conocerla, pero también imaginarla. E imaginarla corporalmente, terrestremente. He procurado, sin ser quíromántico, a la gitana, leer en las rayas de esta tierra que un día se cerrará sobre uno, apuñándolo; rastrear en la geografía la historia. En esta mano, entre sus dedos, entre las rayas de su palma, vive una humanidad; a este paisaje le llena y da sentido y sentimiento humanos un paisanaje. Sueñan aquí, sueñan la tierra en que viven y mueren, de que viven y de que mueren unos pobres hombres. Y lo que es más intimo, unos hombres pobres. Unos pobres hombres pobres."
November 18, 2025
De todos los libros habidos y por haber, curiosamente fue este cual cemento a Unamuno como mi autor preferido, al menos en esta etapa de mi vida.
Leí el libro hace como un mes atrás, es que simplemente perdí la costumbre que estaba intentando formar de escribir reseñas a los libros que leo, pero aquí estoy con uno nuevo.
«Paisajes del alma» es un libro simple, uno de paisajes y ya, con sus ensayitos inspirados en lugares de España, Italia, Francia y las Islas Canarias. Me sentía ahí con Unamuno en cada respectivo lugar, «escuchando» con gran atención las reflexiones que cada pintura divina de la naturaleza le inspiraba. A través de estás, me inspiró a mí.
Quizás debería escribir algo así para mi querido Puerto Rico.
Leí el libro hace como un mes atrás, es que simplemente perdí la costumbre que estaba intentando formar de escribir reseñas a los libros que leo, pero aquí estoy con uno nuevo.
«Paisajes del alma» es un libro simple, uno de paisajes y ya, con sus ensayitos inspirados en lugares de España, Italia, Francia y las Islas Canarias. Me sentía ahí con Unamuno en cada respectivo lugar, «escuchando» con gran atención las reflexiones que cada pintura divina de la naturaleza le inspiraba. A través de estás, me inspiró a mí.
Quizás debería escribir algo así para mi querido Puerto Rico.
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August 10, 2020Excelentes artículos recuperados de Miguel de Unamuno. Lo compré y lo leí en España (La Casa del Libro, Barcelona). Me encantó
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