Poetry and parental bereavement in early modern Lutheran Germany
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Poetry and parental bereavement in early modern Lutheran Germany
(Oxford modern languages and literature monographs)
Oxford University Press, 2008
- : hbk
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  福島
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  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
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  イギリス
  ドイツ
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注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. [266]-306) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
In early modern Europe it has been estimated that up to one in two children did not survive to the age of ten. In the light of this high mortality rate, some historians have argued that parents did not form close relationships with their children, especially the very young. This is clearly refuted by the testimony of bereaved parents such as Martin Luther, and by the volume of consolatory writings produced for grieving families in early modern Lutheran Germany. The
authors, clergymen and lay people, regarded grief as a deep wound which required treatment, and they applied the balm of consolation through sermons, tracts and occasional poetry. This study analyses these writings, focusing particularly on the neglected genre of the epicedium (funeral poem). It asks
how and why poetry was used to counter the affective impact of parental bereavement, and considers what makes it a suitable vehicle for consolation. The poems, which are analyzed against the contemporary theological, philosophical, and poetological background, are taken from Leichenpredigten (printed funeral booklets), as well as from collections by two contrasting poets, Paul Fleming (1609-40), an unmarried man who wrote to console others, and Margarethe Susanna von Kuntsch
(1651-1717), who lost thirteen of her fourteen children. The study seeks to rehabilitate a neglected genre and participates in discussions on the sociology of death, Lutheran teachings about death and mourning, literary presentations of mortality and loss, and the depiction of children and parent-child relations in
literature.
目次
- Introduction
- 1. Lutheran consolation for bereaved parents
- 2. The purposes of poetry
- 3. Models and metaphors for Lutheran funeral poetry
- 4. Death and didacticism
- 5. Brides of Christ and heavenly soldiers - imagery in funeral verse
- 6. Paul Fleming and Margarethe Susanna von Kuntsch
- Conclusion
- Biographies of poets and authors
- Funeral booklets and occasional poems for the children cited
- Bibliography
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