Which issue does Horace NOT address in the Ars Poetica?
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Correct answer: A. The writer's detachment from his work, tradition and custom
Explanation
Horace urges feeling ('si vis me flere, dolendum est primum ipsi tibi'), decorum, docere et delectare, and the labour of the file.
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