Orazio a cena da Pavese. Appunti sull’inedito Vita conviviale nella Roma d’Augusto

Abstract

This article investigates a singular chapter in the reception of Horace’s Cena Nasidieni (sat. 2, 8), namely Cesare Pavese’s unpublished Vita conviviale nella Roma d’Augusto (VC). The first part of the article contains a survey of the most significant references to Horace made by Pavese in his epistolary and Il mestiere di vivere. Then, it dwells on his translations of Horace’s works (in particular Carmina) and his unpublished biography of Horace, which he composed during his lyceum years. In the second part, the article offers an in-depth analysis of the manuscript tradition of VC and a study of the literary status of this work based on Gérard Genette's theory of hypertextuality.