02286cmm a2200301 4500 214800896 TxAuBib 20120507120000.0 100212s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780191572357 electronic bk. 0191572357 electronic bk. (OCoLC)536239634 MERUC eng MERUC N$T VLB EBLCP IDEBK E7B OCLCQ MHW OCLCQ TxAuBib Reisner, Noam, 1974- Milton and the ineffable [electronic resource] / Noam Reisner. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. 1 online resource (xii, 321 p.) Oxford English monographs Includes bibliographical references (p. [288]-308) and index. Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Note to the Reader; Introduction; 1. Silence and presence: ineffability in ancient and medieval Western thought; 2. The power and illusion of words: renegotiating ineffable presence in the advent of humanism and reform; 3. Milton's Poems 1645: the problem with soaring; 4. Paradise Lost: pretending to say the unsayable; 5. Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes: the ineffable self; Epilogue: Wittgenstein's verdict; Appendix: Burning Coals; Bibliography; Index. Milton and the Ineffable offers a comprehensive reassessment of Milton's poetic oeuvre in light of the literary and conceptual problem posed by the poet's attempt to put into words that which is unsayable and beyond representation. The struggle with the ineffability of sacred or transcendental subject matter in many ways defines Milton's triumphs as a poet, especially in Paradise Lost, and goes to the heart of the central critical debates to engage his readers overthe centuries and decades. Taking an interdisciplinary conceptual approach, this study sheds fresh light on many of these debates. Milton, John 1608-1674 Criticism and interpretation. Ineffable, The, in literature. English poetry 17th century History and criticism. Poetry English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Electronic books. Oxford English monographs. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=302408 EBSCOhost