books.google.co.uk - Horace's, First Book of Epistles, has traditionally been approached, either for its philosophical content, or in order to explore the question whether the poems are "real" letters or not. Those who answered positively tended to view the Epistles as documents of Horace's life; those who answered negatively...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Epistolarity_in_the_First_Book_of_Horace.html?id=9SrLPlZk5t4C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareEpistolarity in the First Book of Horace's Epistles
