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A new survey of Unamuno’s understanding of the fountainhead of Christianity. Unamuno’s perception of Christianity, which has a major presence in his work, has proved controversial. This book adopts a new approach by studying what Unamuno has made of the fountainhead of Christianity in six of his works. It examines three major essays, including “The Tragic Sense of Life,” and three more purely literary works, including the long poem “The Christ of Velázquez.”

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""Longhurst is a leading authority on Miguel de Unamuno. In this brilliant study of the figure of Jesus of Nazareth in Unamuno's work, the reader is taken on a majestic sweep through literature, theology, art and philosophy. This is an essential and prodigious exploration of the human struggle between hope and agonismo.""-- ""Revd Dr John McCulloch, research fellow and senior associate editor, Bulletin of Spanish Studies"" ""Longhurst's clear and carefully reasoned study shows how Unamuno took Christianity's divinized Jesus and repositioned him as a human being - who, for Unamuno, often inspired faith in both the social vision and the eschatological possibilities that Jesus put forth.""-- ""Thomas R. Franz, professor emeritus of Spanish, Ohio University"" ""Unamuno's God differs whenever he envisions him, and his Jesus is multifaceted - quixotic, tragic, human, embattled, of the people, poetic, and susceptible to cogent synthesis. Balancing depth and breadth, Jesus of Nazareth in the Literature of Unamuno pioneers study of Unamuno's Jesus, omnipresent in its pages.""-- ""Nelson R. Orringer, professor emeritus of Spanish and comparative literature, University of Connecticut""

"""Longhurst is a leading authority on Miguel de Unamuno. In this brilliant study of the figure of Jesus of Nazareth in Unamuno's work, the reader is taken on a majestic sweep through literature, theology, art and philosophy. This is an essential and prodigious exploration of the human struggle between hope and agonismo.""-- ""Revd Dr John McCulloch, research fellow and senior associate editor, Bulletin of Spanish Studies"" ""Longhurst's clear and carefully reasoned study shows how Unamuno took Christianity's divinized Jesus and repositioned him as a human being - who, for Unamuno, often inspired faith in both the social vision and the eschatological possibilities that Jesus put forth.""-- ""Thomas R. Franz, professor emeritus of Spanish, Ohio University"" ""Unamuno's God differs whenever he envisions him, and his Jesus is multifaceted - quixotic, tragic, human, embattled, of the people, poetic, and susceptible to cogent synthesis. Balancing depth and breadth, Jesus of Nazareth in the Literature of Unamuno pioneers study of Unamuno's Jesus, omnipresent in its pages.""-- ""Nelson R. Orringer, professor emeritus of Spanish and comparative literature, University of Connecticut"""

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This book is aimed at undergraduates in humanities studies with a literary, religious or philosophical content.

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