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

• Superior document: Borderlines (Boston, Mass.)
• VerfasserIn: Aptekman, Marina,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Academic Studies Press,, 2011.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Borderlines (Boston, Mass.)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (249 pages) :; illustrations.

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.

Table of Contents

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.