Clowning and tragic clowning: Miguel de Unamuno as a funny writer

Roberts, Stephen G.H.

Abstract

The present study considers the role and function that humour has in Unamuno’s intellectual and literary universe. It traces Unamuno’s attitude to humour to his reading of the Spanish character in En torno al casticismo (1895) and to his dialogue with the figure of Don Quixote, as found in Vida de Don Quijote y Sancho (1905) and Del sentimiento trágico de la vida (1912). Finally, it looks at the theory of humour offered in the novel Niebla and also at the role that humour played in Unamuno’s later political writings, especially those of exile (1924-1930).

Citation

Roberts, S. G. (2016). Clowning and tragic clowning: Miguel de Unamuno as a funny writer. Romance Quarterly, 63(2), 53-62. https://doi.org/10.1080/08831157.2016.1146014

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 26, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Mar 16, 2016
• Publication Date: Mar 16, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jul 7, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 7, 2016
• Journal: Romance Quarterly
• Print ISSN: 0883-1157
• Electronic ISSN: 1940-3216
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 63
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 53-62
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08831157.2016.1146014
• Keywords: Humor; Nimbus; Unamuno
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/780161
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08831157.2016.1146014
• Additional Information: The Version of Record of this manuscript has been published and is available in Romance Quarterly (2016) ; http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/08831157.2016.1146014
• Contract Date: Jul 7, 2016