Epistolarity in the First Book of Horace's Epistles: 5 (Gorgias Studies in Classics) - Tapa dura

This book focuses on the epistolary features of Horace's 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.