Rachel Polonsky

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Rachel Polonsky
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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]

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References

  1. Official CV at Murray Edwards College
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.