This document provides brief biographical information about author A.S. Byatt and references several works related to language, literature, and art, including her novel Angels & Insects, quotes from William Morris and Martin Heidegger, and mentions of works by Velazquez and related to the god Hermes.

1. A.S. Byatt (1936- )
Angels & Insects (1992)

9. p.177-8, 'Mr Morris's sofa acknowledged both worlds; it could be sat
on, it hinted at paradise.’ [William Morris, Acanthus]

10. The Paraclete, Velazquez, Museo
del Prado, Madrid

11. Hermes Psychopompos

12. ‘For, strictly, it is language that speaks.
Man first speaks when, and only when,
he responds to language by listening to
its appeal.’
Martin Heidegger, ‘…Poetically Man
Dwells…’ in Poetry, Language,
Thought