Milton and the ineffable /
Noam Reisner.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- xii, 321 p. ; 23 cm.
- Oxford English monographs .
- Oxford English monographs. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [288]-308) and index.
Silence and presence: ineffability in ancient and medieval Western thought -- The power and illusion of words: renegotiating ineffable presence in the advent of humanism and reform -- Milton's Poems 1645: the problem with soaring -- Paradise Lost: pretending to say the unsayable -- Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes: the ineffable self -- Epilogue: Wittgenstein's verdict.
9780199572625 (hbk.) 0199572623 (hbk.)
Milton, John, 1608-1674 --Criticism and interpretation.
Ineffable, The, in literature. English poetry--History and criticism.--17th century