Life
Most of what we know about Horace comes from a short biography probably written by Suetonius (Vita Horati) and from Horace's own poetry . He can be considered the world's first autobiographer. New Criticism is against biographical interpretations of an author's works (analysis reveals only the author's mask or persona) but Horace invites our interest, he mentions events that are verifiable, and thus it is valid to make some inferences about the man behind these poems.
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