Rachel Polonsky

British scholar specializing in Slavic Literature

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).^[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 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 [England]: Cambridge University Press,1998. ISBN 9780521027472^[2]^[3]^[4]

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.