02238nam 2200469 450 991047678400332120230515062446.0(CKB)5470000000566672(NjHacI)995470000000566672(EXLCZ)99547000000056667220230515d2011 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierJacob's Ladder kabbalistic allegory in Russian literature /Marina AptekmanBoston :Academic Studies Press,2011.1 online resource (249 pages) illustrationsBorderlines (Boston, Mass.)1-61811-931-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Borderlines (Boston, Mass.)Jacob's Ladder CabalaInfluenceCabala in literatureCabalaHistoryOccultismRussiaHistoryCabalaInfluence.Cabala in literature.CabalaHistory.OccultismHistory.891.70938276712Aptekman Marina990111NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910476784003321Jacob's ladder2264660UNINA