The World of Roman Song: From Ritualized Speech to Social Order by Habinek, Thomas - 2005-07-27

Johns Hopkins University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Johns Hopkins. New. 2005. Hardcover. New. Dust Jacket is New.

Johns Hopkins University Press, July 2005. Hardcover. VG/Very Good. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is slightly worn about the edges, but with no tears and not price clipped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Brand: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005-07-27. hardcover. Used: Good.

Johns Hopkins University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0801881056 . Lower corner very lightly bumped else book is fine. Light shelfwear to DJ. ; In this bold work, Thomas Habinek offers an entirely new theoretical perspective on Roman cultural history. Although English words such as "literature" and "religion" have their origins in Latin, the Romans had no such specific concepts. Rather, much of the sense of these words was captured in the Latin word carmen, usually translated into English as "song." Habinek argues that for the Romans, "song" encompassed a wide range of ritualized speech, including elements of poetry, storytelling, and even the casting of spells. Habinek begins with the fraternal societies, or sodalitates, which predated the Republic and endured into the Imperial era, and whose rites, although adapted over time to different deities and cults, were from the beginning centered on song (perhaps most… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005-07-27. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!