Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg explained
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. https://sites.google.com/site/germanliterature/early-modern/greiffenberg
Further reading
- 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, Passion, 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.