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“Weil nun Sanct Marten bricht herein/[…] Will seine Ganß besungen sein”

Das Martinsgansschrifttum als Form kulinarischer Geselligkeit

“Because Saint Martin Arrives Today/ […] His Goose Wants a Song to Play”

Saint-Martin’s-Goose Literature as a Form of Culinary Sociability
In: Daphnis
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Joana van de Löcht Universität Heidelberg Heidelberg Deutschland

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Abstract

As the last feast before the beginning of the fasting period (Quadragesima Sancti Martini), the perishable supplies are used up on Martin’s Eve, which provides an opportunity for eating, drinking, and socializing together. In early modern literature, numerous texts – poems and songs, satires, popular literature – deal with Martin’s Eve and especially with the goose eaten there. In this article, a temporal and spatial overview of texts related to the Martin’s Eve celebrations is given, and the genre-specific functions of writing about the goose are explained.

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