Promotional Information

There are no other books on Roman culture like this one. It comes across as Habinek's magnum opus, the full-length articulation of a novel way to pierce the core of Romanness pioneered by Habinek in the papers and essays that made his reputation as a sui generis intellectual force in classics. This is a 'cult book' in the making, likely to gain devotees in the general fields of cultural poetics and social theory, as well as all manner of readers and enthusiasts of poetry. -- Dr. John Henderson, King's College, Cambridge

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Song and Foundation
2. Song, Ritualization, and Agency
3. Song and Speech
4. Song and Play
5. Song and the Body
6. Magic, Song, and Sacrifice
Epilogue: At the Threshold of History
Notes
References
Subject Index
Index of Sources

About the Author

Thomas Habinek is a professor of classics at the University of Southern California.

Reviews

This book will be highly influential... The anthropological and sociological point of view opens up refreshing and welcome ways of thinking. -- Michele Lowrie Bryn Mawr Classical Review Provides a compelling and coherent explanatory framework for understanding Roman song. -- Paul Allen Miller American Journal of Philology A bold, new way of examining Roman cultural history. -- Bradford Lee Eden Classical Review The World of Roman Song, like its predecessor The Politics of Latin Literature, is destined to catalyze fresh and vigorous debate. -- Luke Roman Phoenix