Tragic Sense of Life

<p> One hundred years ago in 1913 Miguel de Unamuno published a book called The Tragic Sense of Life. It was considered - in his time - to be a masterpiece an influential work of early existentialist philosophy. But The Tragic Sense of Life is more (or you might say less) than a work of philosophy. It is a deeply personal account of one man's anguish in the night. (TheSmartSet.com)</p><p><br></p><p> Miguel de Unamuno is to-day the greatest literary figure of Spain. Baroja may surpass him in variety of external experience Azorín in delicate art Ortega y Gasset in philosophical subtlety Ayala in intellectual elegance Valle Inclán in rhythmical grace. Even in vitality he may have to yield the first place to that over-whelming athlete of literature Blasco Ibáñez. But Unamuno is head and shoulders above them all in the highness of his purpose and in the earnestness and loyalty with which Quixote-like he has served all through his life his unattainable Dulcinea.  S. DE MADARIAGA</p>