Anmerkungen:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:
Introduction -- The warmth of friendship -- Deflation and anxiety -- Amicitia and patronage -- Dealing with pressure -- Conclusion: the horatian invention -- In the public eye -- The rings of audience -- The core readership -- The social elite -- Criticism and envy -- The outer ring -- Conclusion: audiences and images -- Craft and concern -- Poetry as practical tool -- Poetry as professional activity -- Poetry as public model -- Conclusion: the individual behind the universal -- Worldly affairs -- Writing for Rome -- Preliminary observations -- The personal perspective -- Savior of the state -- The poet's burden -- Free and independent support -- Conclusion: multiple indirections