Departmental Papers (Classical Studies)
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
2005
Publication Source
Transactions of the American Philological Association
Volume
135
Issue
1
Start Page
91
Last Page
102
DOI
10.1353/apa.2005.0006
Abstract
This essay traces the recent trajectory of the field of "Latin Studies" using the example of interpretations of Horace's Carmen saeculare and showing, in particular, the increasingly comprehensive relevance attributed to historical context. It sketches a shift away from formalist interpretation and, to an even greater degree, away from practices, such as textual criticism, that once virtually defined the field
Copyright/Permission Statement
Copyright © 2005 Johns Hopkins University Press. This article first appeared in Transactions of the American Philological Association, 135:1 (2005), pp. 91-102. Reprinted with permission by Johns Hopkins University Press.
Recommended Citation
Farrell, J. (2005). Eduard Fraenkel on Horace and Servius, or, Texts, Contexts, and the Field of "Latin Studies". Transactions of the American Philological Association, 135 (1), 91-102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/apa.2005.0006
Date Posted: 12 December 2016
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