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711932
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b534121
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Linton, Anna,1975-
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| Title & Author
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Poetry and parental bereavement in early modern Lutheran Germany /\ Anna Linton.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, c2008.
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| Series Statement
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Oxford modern languages and literature monographs
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xiv, 319 p. ;; 23 cm.
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| ISBN
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0199233365 (alk. paper)
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: 9780199233366 (alk. paper)
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| Notes
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Based on the author's thesis (D. Phil.)--University of Oxford, 2002.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-306) and index.
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| Abstract
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"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 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."--BOOK JACKET.
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Bereavement-- Germany-- History-- 16th century.
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Bereavement-- Germany-- History-- 16th century.
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Children-- Death-- Psychological aspects.
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Children-- Death-- Psychological aspects.
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Consolation-- History-- 16th century.
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Consolation-- History-- 16th century.
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Elegiac poetry, German-- History and criticism.
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Elegiac poetry, German-- History and criticism.
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German literature-- Lutheran authors-- History and criticism.
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German literature-- Lutheran authors-- History and criticism.
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German poetry-- Early modern, 1500-1700-- History and criticism.
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German poetry-- Early modern, 1500-1700-- History and criticism.
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Mourning customs-- Germany-- History-- 16th century.
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Mourning customs-- Germany-- History-- 16th century.
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Occasional verse, German-- History and criticism.
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Occasional verse, German-- History and criticism.
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| Dewey Classification
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831/.5093548
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| LC Classification
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PT573.E4L56 2008
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