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Blue Angels
Author: Stephen Humphrey
Drawing in style
and substance on the biblical Apocrypha, illuminated manuscripts,
and the “visionary” poets from William Blake to
Allen Ginsberg, this “post-ancient,” encyclopaedic
and poetic collage re-examines and reanimates angels of all
imaginable varieties, from the bizarre to the hauntingly familiar.
In moods of pathos, terror, awe and wonder, diverse images
and ideas of these primordial beings clash and converge: encompassing
heresy and orthodoxy, archaeologic lore, seductive myth, grandiose
fantasy, sober speculation, and ecstatic incantation.
“These nasty,
numinous, visceral and otherwise revisionary angels might
not sit too nicely on your shoulder, but they flutter beautifully
in this dark and gifted book.”
~ Robert Priest
“The angels
of Stephen Humphrey’s book are dark lovers, holy punks,
jaded sages and daemonic seraphim who descend from terrifying
heights to swoop ecstatic through the post-modern world.
There is pandemonium and humour in these pages (equal parts
Paradise Lost and Led Zeppelin IV) where the grandiose meets
the mundane, and the biblical is forever dogged by the comic
book. The words are lyrical, sometimes satirical, and they'll
tell you everything you ever wanted to know about fallen
angels, but were afraid to ask.”
~ Steve Venright
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