Pompes aska och stoft : hundgravspoesins funktioner under stormakts- och frihetstiden
Author
Editor
- Anne-Sofie Gräslund
- Ingvar Svanberg
Summary, in English
The major issue treated in this article concerns the functions that the writing of epitaphs on dogs served. Why were they written, and for what purpose? I examine the manifold, predominantly social functions of these epitaphs on dogs, and demonstrate that such poems were written for a variety of reasons: they could, for example, promote careers; they could serve as covert ways of paying homage to noblemen and royalty; they could be instrumental in criticizing those in power, or cloak the treatment of politically sensitive topics.
Department/s
Publishing year
2014
Language
Swedish
Pages
49-67
Publication/Series
Från renhållningshjon till modeaccessoar : 10 000 år av relationer människa–hund i Sverige. Föredrag vid ett symposiium i Uppsala 15 februari 2013
Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
Kungliga Gustav Adolfs Akademien för svensk folkkultur
Topic
- Specific Literatures
Status
Published
Project
- Fänad i helgade grifter. Svensk djurgravpoesi 1670–1760 (Dumb Beasts in Hallowed Tombs: Swedish Funerary Poetry for Animals 1670–1760)
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978-91-87403-09-5