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Angels appear regularly in Stevie Smith´s poems and drawings.The latter show disquieting, cruel or cynical figures, whereas the former exhibit a wider range of considerations. Nevertheless the sensation is that angels are rather disturbing than helpful beings.Thus an uneasy tension is created between God and (His) angels who, according to traditional lore are His messengers, therefore subordinated to Him. In Smith´s poems angels do not fit regularly in the orthodox pattern. The purpose of this paper is to analyze contradictory insights and to examine the accompanying drawings. A classification of different "types" of angels is presented, which does not necesssarily match the categories known through traditional angelology. Since discussions as regards Smith´s stance about religious feeling and dogma are accessible in an extensive bibliography, I intend rather to contribute a specific treatment of angels witihin the general framework of Stevie Smith´s concern with religion.(NOTA: Por motivos que desconozco, esta publicación se ha visto demorada, según comunican desde el órgano editor)