For the first time, this double volume makes accessible to researchers two extraordinary collections of religious poetry by the prominent Baroque poet Sigmund von Birken (1626-1681). The critical apparatus and commentary provide detailed documentation of issues of textual criticism, indicate the historical place of each text, document scriptural references, and reveal both the theological and pietistic as well as emblematic orientation of the poems.

Autorentext

Johann Anselm Steiger, Universität Hamburg.