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This paper is a study of the epithalamiums written by the poet Carl Michael Bellman. The collected works of Bellman include 32 wedding poems, but the attribution is unclear in six cases. Comparison shows that Bellman followed an acknowledged tradition when he wrote wedding poems, even if there are some exceptions. It is possible to establish the social position of the bridegroom in 30 cases. The majority of them belonged somewhere on the middle part of the social scale. The descriptions of women in the poems are of three different kinds. One is the virtuous and passive woman, the other an active and sexual woman, while the third is a more balanced character, who can be active and independent and still possess virtue. The virtuous man is described as hardworking and efficent, while the negative picture of a man is someone who is passive and often a drunkard. When male virtue is mentioned in the poems it is often associated with the occupations, actions and official positions of the men. Female virtues, on the other hand, are mostly connected to thoughts and feelings. |
