Numantia by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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"Numantia" by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is a tragedy written circa 1582. Set during the Roman siege of Numantia in 133 BC, the play depicts the final stand of a Spanish city against Scipio Aemilianus's forces. As starvation grips the besieged town, its citizens face an agonizing choice between surrender and a more drastic alternative. Through allegorical figures and scenes of domestic suffering, Cervantes explores themes of patriotism, sacrifice, and resistance. The
work remained unpublished until the eighteenth century but has since been celebrated as a rare specimen of Spanish tragedy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Gibson, James Young, 1826-1886 |
| Title | Numantia |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Siege_of_Numantia |
| Credits |
Produced by Josep Cols Canals, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 73.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Numantia (Extinct city) -- Drama |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 53041 |
| Release Date | Sep 13, 2016 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 534 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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