Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg

Austrian poet of the Baroque era Portrait of Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg

Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg (7 September 1633, Viehdorf — 10 April 1694, Nuremberg) was an Austrian poet of the Baroque era. Greiffenberg is one of the most significant German-language writers of the early modern era. Her work is regularly profoundly personal, often taking the form of an internal monologue.

Further reading

  • Rochus von Liliencron (1879), "Greiffenberg, Catharina Regina Freifrau von", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), vol.:9, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p.:633
  • Käte Lorenzen (1966), "Greiffenberg, Catharina Regina Freifrau v.", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol.:7, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp.:33–33
  • Cristina M. Pumplun (2003). "Greiffenberg, Catharina Regina von". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol.:21. Nordhausen: Bautz. cols. 540–547. ISBN:3-88309-110-3.
  • Martin Bircher (ed.): Sämtliche Werke in 10 Bänden. Millwood NY 1983
  • Joy A. Schroeder, "The Prenatal Theology of Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg.” Lutheran Forum 46/3 (2012):50-56.
  • Lynne Tatlock (ed. and tr.), Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg: Meditations on the Incarnation, P*ion, and Death of Jesus Christ (Chicago, 2009) (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe).
  • Kathleen Foley-Beining: The Body and Eucharistic Devotion in Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg's "Meditations". Camden House: 1997.

External links

  • :German Wikisource has original text related to this article: Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg
  • Literature by and about Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg in the German National Library catalogue
  • Publications by or about Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg at VD 17
  • "Works by Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg". Zeno.org (in German).
  • Works by Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (in German)


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