Forsynet, giftermålspolitikken og døden i leilighetsdiktningen til Københavns boktrykker-klan Godiche, Høpffner, Berling og Møller

Walter Baumgartner: Forsynet, giftermålspolitikken og dødeni leilighetsdiktningen til Københavns boktrykker-klan Godiche, Høpffner,Berling Møller
 At the beginning of eighteenth century four most important publishinghouses in Copenhagen were owned by a clan printers that included immigrantsfrom Germany: Høpffner, Berling and Glasing/Møller. My case study examinesthe occasional poetry written for weddings, apprentices’ final examinationsand bereavements. This genre, which has always been considered as little value, ishere taken seriously, with its roots baroque rhetoric poetics. It is accorded anaesthetic value various social identity-building functions. utilitarianpoetry (Gebrauchslyrik) prosperous artisan class, circulated privately orsemi-publicly form elaborately designed single sheets or small booklets. Theauthors often students poets who wanted to earn some money. In addition tothe explicit content, symptomatic gaffes omissions shed light on facts problemsconcerning ‘das ganze Haus’, (consanguineous) marriage, succession, religionand breaking down guild system. The repertoire topoi formssoon became inadequate deal more recent aesthetic developments,and gradually declined after 1800.