Paisaje e iberismo en Miguel de Unamuno

Abstract

In these pages we address the importance of the landscape within Unamuno’s work and the way it is connected with his philosophical, cultural and identity approaches. As Unamuno gets to know the landscape and the Spanish and Portuguese country folk, his idea of homeland is modified, transcending the national framework in favor of a greater unity: the Iberian unity. The final point of this process is the Iberism that Unamuno embodied and defended, an Iberism of a cultural and spiritual character, far from political Iberism. To that effect we focus on his main writings on the Spanish and Portuguese landscape and on his epistolary correspondence with Portuguese (citing some letters hitherto unpublished).