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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476784003321

Autore

Aptekman Marina

Titolo

Jacob's Ladder : kabbalistic allegory in Russian literature / / Marina Aptekman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Academic Studies Press, , 2011

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Borderlines (Boston, Mass.)

Disciplina

891.70938276712

Soggetti

Cabala - Influence

Cabala in literature

Cabala - History

Occultism - Russia - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Kabbalah Then and Now: a Historical Perspective -- A Quest For Moral Perfection: Kabbalistic Allegory in Eighteenth-Century Đœasonic Literature -- Knowledge Hidden In Letters: Alchemic Kabbalah and Russian Romantic Literature -- In the Beginning Was the Word: Magical Kabbalah, the Occult Revival, and the Linguistic Mysticism of the Silver Age -- Modernism and Kabbalah: Linguistic Mysticism in the Literary Doctrine of the Russian Silver Age -- Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Focusing primarily on the close study of literary works presented in the broad cultural and historical context, Jacob's Ladder discusses the reflection of kabbalistic allegory in Russian literature and provides a detailed analysis of the evolution of the perception of Kabbalah in Russian consciousness.