Collected works

What are we humans? A dwelling of grim pain, a ball of false happiness, a will-o'-the-wisp of this time. A stage of bitter fear, occupied by sharp suffering. A soon-to-be-melted snow and burnt-out candles. No other poet in German literature has found such captivating verses for the melancholy and transience of human existence as Andreas Gryphius. This reader, edited by Heinz Ludwig Arnold, gathers the most important lyrical and dramatic texts of the great Baroque poet in their original wording.

With a contribution from Kindler's Literary Lexicon.

Including data on life and work, exclusively written by the editorial team of the literary journal TEXT+KRITIK.