Milton and the ineffable

Milton and the ineffable

by Reisner, Noam

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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. Tak…

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  • Full title :Milton and the ineffable / Noam Reisner.

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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.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2009.

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  • Description:1 online resource (xii, 321 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780191572357, 0191572357, 9780199572625, 0199572623
  • oclc:ocn536239634
  • LC Classification:PR3588
  • Dewey Decimal:821/.4

Table of Contents

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.

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Subjects

1600 - 1699 Criticism, interpretation, etc English poetry English poetry -- History and criticism… Ineffable -- Dans la littérature Ineffable, The, in literature Milton, John Poésie anglaise -- Histoire et critique… POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Wel…

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Reisner, Noam

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