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Fallen Angels
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Author
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Harold Bloom. Mark Podwal, illus.
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Publisher
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Yale
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Format
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hardcover
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Product Dimensions
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7.2
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5.6
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0.6
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ISBN
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9780300123487
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Pages/Publication Date
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71/2007
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Daedalus Item Code
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92192
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List Price:
$16.00
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$2.98
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Description
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Every angel is terrifying, Rilke wrote. For Harold Bloom, too, this is true in one sense, since he maintains that all angels are fallen angels. The image of Satan, the greatest of fallen angels, retains the ability to fascinate and frighten us, he argues, because we share a close kinship with him. In this compact, beautifully illustrated book, Bloom again combines his lifelong interests in religion and literature, first observing our present-day obsession with angels. He then examines representations of fallen angels from Zoroastrian texts and the Bible to Milton's Paradise Lost and Tony Kushner's Angels in America, arguing that familiarity with this rich literary tradition improves our reading and spiritual lives.
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