"Epistolarity" in the First Book of Horace's Epistles / / Anna de Pretis.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2015
• VerfasserIn: Pretis, Anna de,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Studies in Classics
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgements --; Contents --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Towards Epistolarity --; 3. The Weight of the Addressee --; 4. Epistolarity and Self-Representation --; 5. Dialogue of Genres, or, How to Define the Letter-Form --; 6. Narrative and Temporality in the First Book of Epistles --; 7. The Slave and the Master --; Index --; Works Cited
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463236373; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463236373
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Anna de Pretis.

De Pretis's book focuses on the epistolary features of Horace's First Book of Epistles, reading them from points of view related to the epistolary form: the weight of the addressee; the dialogue between literary genres; the poet's self-representation; temporality; and the power of the author. These issues also pertain to literature as such, since all literature can be regarded, to a certain degree, as "epistolary." But the extent and consistency with which the Epistles explore epistolary aspects, can only be explained in terms of their generic affiliation.