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RESUMEN: Unamuno leía libros de sermones, se dejaba influir por ellos, los acotaba y hasta escribía sermones propios, descritos por él como "sermones laicos con sus tintes protestantes." En este ensayo, explicamos lo que Unamuno entendía por tales sermones y, para ser precisos, empleamos la definición del protestante no sectario (como Unamuno) Dr. Pedro A. Jiménez. Un ejemplo espléndido es "¡Plenitud de plenitudes y todo plenitud!" Examinamos la Meditación evangélica "El mal del siglo," mina para los temas de futuros sermones de Unamuno, todos dependientes del pensamiento protestante. Asimismo, analizamos "¿Qué es la verdad?"; "Nicodemo el fariseo"; "¡Pistis y no gnosis!" y su versión corregida "La fe"; "El buen ladrón"; "Principios de dolores de parto"; y dos sermones versificados: "Del Sinaí al Calvario" y "Fatalidad." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article considers the notion of the shadow and its traditional meanings across the centuries in areas such as folklore, literature, and psychology, focusing on its importance in Gothic texts and certain characters found there, including the vampire and the Doppelgänger. It goes on to consider the motif of the shadow that separates from the body that casts it and what that can signify in different contexts, leading to a study of Miguel de Unamuno's essay 'La sombra sin cuerpo'. Here it is argued that three different but interlinked elements can be discerned in his treatment of the theme: a transnational Gothic aspect drawn from Adalbert von Chamisso's novella, Peter Schlemiel; a Hispanic one, which relates the shadow to honour; and a typically Unamunian one whereby it articulates some of his perennial questions about the human condition and existential (in)dependence relative to the creator. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]