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1 online resource (249 pages) : illustrations |
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Borderlines : Russian and East European-Jewish studies |
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Borderlines (Boston, Mass.)
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
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. Aptekman investigates the questions of when, how, and why Kabbalah has been used in Russian literary texts from Pre-Romanticism to Modernism and what particular role it played in the larger context of the Russian literary tradition. The correct understanding of this liaison helps the reader clarify many enigmatic images in Russian literary works of the last two centuries and to understand the roots of a particular cultural falsification that played an important role in the anti-Semitic mythology of the twentieth century. |
Contents |
Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Kabbalah Then and Now: a Historical Perspective -- A Quest For Moral Perfection: Kabbalistic Allegory in Eighteenth-Century Ðœasonic 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 |
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This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode |
Subject |
Occultism -- Russia -- History.
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Cabala in literature.
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Cabala -- Influence.
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Cabala -- History.
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Russian literature -- Themes, motives.
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Russian literature -- History and criticism.
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Occultisme -- Russie -- Histoire.
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Kabbale dans la littérature.
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Kabbale -- Influence.
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Kabbale -- Histoire.
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Littérature russe -- Thèmes, motifs.
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Littérature russe -- Histoire et critique.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Russian & Former Soviet Union.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Russian & Former Soviet Union.
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Cabala
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Cabala -- Influence
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Cabala in literature
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Occultism
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Russian literature
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Russian literature -- Themes, motives
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Russia
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Anthologies.
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Added Title |
Kabbalistic allegory in Russian literature |
Other Form: |
Print version: Aptekman, Marina. Jacob's ladder. Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2011 (DLC) 2011456548 |
ISBN |
9781618111159 (electronic bk.) |
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1618111159 (electronic bk.) |
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9781618116918 (electronic bk.) |
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1618116916 (electronic bk.) |
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1934843385 |
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9781934843383 |
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AU@ 000054188627 |
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AU@ 000066526223 |
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CHNEW 001021665 |
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CHVBK 529963930 |
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DEBBG BV043084806 |
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DEBBG BV044094623 |
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DEBSZ 421330864 |
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GBVCP 1030561737 |
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NZ1 14691260 |
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AU@ 000075796039 |
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DKDLA 820120-katalog:999890575005765 |
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