Reisner, Noam, 1974-

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

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