The double volume makes autograph works of the poet Sigmund von Birken (16261681) accessible for the first time. The texts are part of the devotional literature of the Early Modern Era, and reveal the medial and thematic diversity of this genre in greater detail than ever before. The apparatus and commentary document text-critical information, elucidate historical places mentioned in the text, Biblical references, and the theological approach.

Autorentext

Johann Anselm Steiger, University of Hamburg, Germany.