{"product_id":"angels-saints-9780811229869","title":"Angels \u0026 Saints","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.\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e Threaded throughout \u003cem\u003eAngels \u0026amp; Saints\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeinberger, Eliot:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eEliot Weinberger\u003c\/strong\u003e is an essayist, editor, and translator. He lives in New York City.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWellesley, Mary:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDr. Mary Wellesley\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Research Affiliate at the British Library whose research focuses on medieval manuscripts. She writes and reviews widely, her work regularly appearing in the \u003cem\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e, among other publications. Her book, \u003cem\u003eHidden Hands: Manuscripts That Made Us\u003c\/em\u003e is forthcoming.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50631351566610,"sku":"9780811229869","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2a317197-58d4-4170-b6ae-8637a7935e19.jpg?v=1732770444","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/angels-saints-9780811229869","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}