The Literary Angel

<p> The fictionalized Los Angeles of television's <I>Angel</I> is a world filled with literature--from the all-important Shansu prophecy that predicts Angel's return to a state of humanity to the ever-present books dominating the characters' research sessions. This collection brings together essays that engage <I>Angel</I> as a text to be addressed within the wider fields of narrative and literature. It is divided into four distinct parts each with its own internal governing themes and focus: archetypes narrative and identity theory and philosophy and genre. Each provides opportunities for readers to examine a wide variety of characters tropes and literary nuances and influences throughout all five televised seasons of the series and in the current continuation of the series in comic book form.</p>