Interpretative Strategies in Horatian Commentaries from the Twelfth Century: The 'Ars poetica' in the Carolingian Traditions and their Twelfth-Century Developments
Karin Margareta Fredborg
In this article I try to show how two different types of interpreting Horace's Ars poetica , which coexisted in French, German, and Italian Schools the eleventh twelfth century fifteenth century, differ aims character. One tradition, here represented by Excerpta Monacensia continues Carolingian efforts explain through excerpts from Pomponius Porphyrio (third CE) Pseudacronean corpus glosses (ninth century) historical literary background . The other a set free-standing, lemmatic commentaries on Epodes Carm ., A P Epist Anon Parisinus emphasizes authorial intent, character delineation, stylistic requirements subject matter as core It upgrades lyrics 'from his youth' pivotal for understanding total oeuvre relationship Maecenas Augustus youth all way 'maturest' work, Epistles is interpreted both grammatically indicating figures tropes, rhetorically practical manual teaching write good poetry avoid errors composition style. Two appendices with short textual editions passages discussed conclude article.
Interfaces: A Journal of Medieval European Literatures