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Eliot Weinberger Angels & Saints (Hardback). But what do we really know about these celestial beings?. Threaded throughout Angels & Saints are the glorious illuminated grid poems by the eighteenth-century Benedictine monk Hrabanus Maurus. Author: Eliot Weinberger. Further DetailsTitle: Angels & Saints Condition: New Format: Hardback Author: Eliot Weinberger Contributor: Mary Wellesley (Notes by) ISBN-10: 0811229866 EAN: 9780811229869 ISBN: 9780811229869 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation Release Date: 09/01/2020 Language: English Description: Angels have soared through Western culture and consciousness from Biblical to contemporary times. But what do we really know about these celestial beings? Where do they come from, what are they made of, how do they communicate and perceive? The celebrated essayist Eliot Weinberger has mined and deconstructed, resurrected and distilled centuries of theology into an awe-inspiring exploration of the heavenly host. From a litany of angelic voices, Weinberger’s lyrical meditation then turns to the earthly counterparts, the saints, their lives retold in a series of vibrant and playful capsule biographies, followed by a glimpse of the afterlife. Threaded throughout Angels & Saints are the glorious illuminated grid poems by the eighteenth-century Benedictine monk Hrabanus Maurus. These astonishingly complex, proto-“concrete” poems are untangled in a lucid afterword by the medieval scholar and historian Mary Wellesley. Genre: Literary Criticism Item Height: 231mm Item Length: 173mm Item Width: 20mm Item Weight: 480g Country/Region of Manufacture: US Release Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
