Poetry and parental bereavement in early modern Lutheran Germany [[electronic resource] /] / Anna Linton

• Autore: Linton Anna <1975->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Disciplina: 831/.5093548
• Soggetto topico: German poetry - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism; Elegiac poetry, German - History and criticism; German literature - Lutheran authors - History and criticism; Mourning customs - Germany - History - 16th century; Bereavement - Germany - History - 16th century; Consolation - History - 16th century; Occasional verse, German - History and criticism; Children - Death - Psychological aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Based on the author's thesis (D. Phil.)--University of Oxford, 2002.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [266]-306) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgements; Contents; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Conventions; Introduction; 1. Lutheran consolation for bereaved parents; A brief history of Lutheran consolation; Parental love and loss; The medical model of consolation; Mourning conventions and consolation arguments; The duty of consolation; 2. The purposes of poetry; Poetry and society; 3. Models and metaphors for Lutheran funeral poetry; 4. Death and didacticism; 5. Brides of Christ and heavenly soldiers: imagery in funeral verse; Seasonal imagery and the metaphor 'children are plants'; Representations of death; Life as a journey ; Name-, age-, and gender-specific images6. Paul Fleming and Margarethe Susanna von Kuntsch; Paul Fleming; Margarethe Susanna von Kuntsch; Conclusion; Biographies of poets and authors; Funeral booklets and occasional poems for the children cited; Bibliography; Reference works; Classical and patristic texts; Primary sources; Secondary literature; Index of Bible verses; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: This study of Lutheran funeral booklets - verse written to console bereaved parents - adds to our understanding of the genre, which has not been fully explored as literature or for what it reveals about the depiction of children or parent-child relationships in early modern Europe.
• Titolo autorizzato: Poetry and parental bereavement in early modern Lutheran Germany
• ISBN: 1-281-51519-1; 9786611515195; 0-19-155277-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465361403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II