| Rachel Polonsky | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Academic work | |
| 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).
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 ISBN 9780374211974
- 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 : Cambridge University Press,1998. ISBN 9780521027472
References
- Official CV at Murray Edwards College
- Grossman, Joan Delaney (2000). "BOOK REVIEWS - English Literature and the Russian Aesthetic Renaissance". Slavic Review. 59: 242. doi:10.2307/2696961. JSTOR 2696961. S2CID 164697551.
- BOOTH, H. J (1 February 2000). "REVIEWS". The Review of English Studies. 51 (201): 158–159. doi:10.1093/res/51.201.158. ISSN 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. doi:10.1177/004724410103112127. ISSN 0047-2441. S2CID 162724330.