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Saint Emmanuel.
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In the following essay, Natella finds parallels between St. Theresa and the character of Angela in Saint Emmanuel the Good, Martyr.
Miguel de Unamuno's last novel, San Manuel Bueno, márt...
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The following essay, King finds connections between Saint Emmanuel the Good, Martyr and Gerhart Hauptmann's Der Ketzer von Soana.
“Si quiere usted enviarme algo envíeme de Hauptma...
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Critical Essay by Walter Glannon
Glannon, Walter. “Unamuno's San Manuel Bueno, mártir: Ethics through Fiction.” MLN 102, no. 2 (March 1987): 316-33.
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In the following essay, Andrachuk examines an overlooked passage in Saint Emmanuel the Good, Martyr and suggests Unamuno is writing about an alternative church.
At the thematic and structural centre o...
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In the following essay, Watson discusses the interior/exterior representation of imagery and the role of women in Abel Sánchez and Saint Emmanuel the Good, Martyr.
In San Manuel Bueno, má...
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In the following essay, Franz employs Gaston Bachelard's The Poetics of Space to analyze the symbolic use of space in Saint Emmanuel the Good, Martyr.
Many studies have wrestled with the symbol...
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In the following essay, Orringer elucidates Unamuno's views on José Martí and contends that the Cuban freedom fighter served as a model for the character of Emmanuel in Saint Emma...
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In the following essay, Boerigter examines the extended dialogues between the characters of Angela and Emmanuel to gain insight into questions of faith and doubt in Saint Emmanuel the Good, Martyr.
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In the following essay, Tull examines the theme of alienation in Saint Emmanuel the Good, Martyr.
The concept of alienation, both as a psychological term and as a literary theme, seems to be in the pr...
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In the following essay, Anderson considers Angela's portrayal of Emmanuel and regards “her struggle with her own belief and with her own existence as the novel's most intriguing a...
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In the following excerpt, Turner explores the role of faith as well as the symbolism of the lake, river, and mountain in Saint Emmanuel the Good, Martyr.
Of the four novels which comprise this volume,...
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Critical Essay by Douglas M. Carey and Phillip G. Williams
Carey, Douglas M., and Phillip G. Williams. “Religious Confession as Perspective and Mediation in Unamuno's San Manuel Bueno, m...
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In the following essay, Predmore offers a Jungian interpretation of Saint Emmanuel the Good, Martyr.
Critics have generally agreed that San Manuel Bueno, mártir, besides culminating Unamuno�...
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In the following essay, Longhurst argues that readers of Saint Emmanuel the Good, Martyr will never be able to know the truth about the character Emmanuel because he is never seen directly, but always...
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In the following essay, Lacy compares Saint Emmanuel the Good, Martyr to Ingmar Bergman's 1961 film Winter Light.
Of its various kinds of “priests,” modern Western society has ten...
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In the following essay, Hammitt discusses the names of the fictional locales of Saint Emmanuel the Good, Martyr—the mountain Peña del Buitre and the village of Valverde de Lucerna—...
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Critical Essay by Arthur A. Natella Jr.
