01342cam a2200301 a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000070007102000250007802000220010303500240012504000120014904200270016105000140018808200200020210000260022224500460024826000580029430000260035249000300037850400660040850503830047460000600085765000350091765000570095283000310100915884591OSt20150408113956.0111210s2009    enk      b    001 0 eng    a    a9780199572625 (hbk.)  a0199572623 (hbk.)  a(OCoLC)ocn430497055  aUKMcMU  aukblcatcopyalccopycat00b.R45 200904a821.4 R N M2221 aReisner, Noam,d1974-10aMilton and the ineffable /cNoam Reisner.  aOxford ;aNew York :bOxford University Press,c2009.  axii, 321 p. ;c23 cm.1 aOxford English monographs  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [288]-308) and index.0 aSilence 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.10aMilton, John,d1608-1674xCriticism and interpretation. 0aIneffable, The, in literature. 0aEnglish poetryy17th centuryxHistory and criticism. 0aOxford English monographs.