Natural Supernaturalism in Unamuno's "San Manuel Bueno, Martír"

naturalism," then, contains a reminder of the miraculous power and wonder of nature.
             Miguel de Unamuno, a generation of a later '98, considered himself an "ideoclast": one who breaks in ideas like boots, making them his own by wearing them and using them" (Films 5). In San Manuel Bueno, Martír, he tries on the concept of natural supernaturalism to offer a theory of salvation. (?!) San Manuel seems a saint, but his power comes not from the traditional, customary beyond, but from nature: the lake, the mountain. He sacrifices this understanding to keep his people happy in blind faith.
             José Antonio Serrano Segura in his study on San Manuel Bueno, points out that a parallel is established
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