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Features of Genre in Latin Texts Practice Test
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Frequenter hortatus es, ut epistulas, si quas paulo curatius scripsissem, colligerem publicaremque. Collegi. Non servato temporis ordine - neque enim historiam componebam -, sed ut quaeque in manus venerat. (Pliny, Epistles 1.1)
Gloss:
curatius: more carefully
colligerem: I should collect
publicaremque: and I should publish
In this preface to his published letters, Pliny's distinction between his own collection and a history ('neque enim historiam componebam') reveals a key aspect of the literary epistolary genre, which is its
In this preface to his published letters, Pliny's distinction between his own collection and a history ('neque enim historiam componebam') reveals a key aspect of the literary epistolary genre, which is its