Rachel Polonsky Explained
Rachel Polonsky |
Nationality: | British |
Occupation: | Writer |
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Discipline: | Slavic Literature |
Rachel Polonsky is a British scholar specializing in Slavic Literature. Her books include Molotov's Magic Lantern and English Literature and the Russian Aesthetic Renaissance. She is Vice-President of Murray Edwards College of the University of Cambridge, where she is a Fellow in Slavonic Studies; Graduate Tutor in Modern Languages/ Slavonic Studies (Russian).[1]
Education
- MA in English (Jesus College, University of Cambridge)
- MA Russian Studies (Princeton University)
- D.Phil (Oxford University) with a thesis on the reception of English literature in early 19th century Russia
Career
- Research Fellow at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
- Independent scholar and freelance journalist in Moscow
- Fellow of Murray Edwards since 2011
Bibliography
- Polonsky, Rachel. Molotov's Magic Lantern: Travels in Russian History. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011
- Translated into Chinese by Chuangchuang Lu as Cong Mosike dao Gulage : Eluosi li shi shang de guang hui yu hei an = Molotov's magic lantern : a journey in Russian history
- Translated into Italian as La lanterna magica di Molotov : viaggio nella storia della Russia
- Translated into Dutch by Nico Groen; Marianne Tieleman; Ansfried Scheifes as Molotovs toverlantaarn : een reis door de Russische geschiedenis
- Translated into Polish by Marek Król; as Latarnia magiczna Mołotowa : podróże w historię Rosji
- Polonsky, Rachel. English Literature and the Russian Aesthetic Renaissance. Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press,1998. [2] [3] [4]
Notes and References
- https://www.murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk/fellows/dr-rachel-polonsky Official CV at Murray Edwards College
- Grossman. Joan Delaney. 2000. BOOK REVIEWS - English Literature and the Russian Aesthetic Renaissance. Slavic Review. 59. 242. 10.2307/2696961. 2696961. 164697551.
- BOOTH. H. J. 2000-02-01. REVIEWS. The Review of English Studies. 51. 201. 158–159. 10.1093/res/51.201.158. 0034-6551.
- Thompson. Diane Oenning. March 2001. Book Reviews : English Literature and the Russian Aesthetic Renaissance. By Rachel Polonsky. Cambridge: CUP, 1998. Pp. xii + 249. £45.00. Journal of European Studies. 31. 121. 139–141. 10.1177/004724410103112127. 162724330. 0047-2441.