Epigrammpoetik des Gemeinen?

Abstract

This article attempts to explain the conditions under which vulgar subjects could become part of early modern poetry. The semantic extensions of the term, questions of genre and genre poetics as well as of framing paratexts, which were supposed to ensure a (supposedly) unambiguous literary communication, come into view. This mixture is exemplified by some epigram books as well as individual epigrams themselves.