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“How diverse and inspiring can a researcher’s interests be? In the case of Alexander Zholkovsky, who celebrates his eightieth anniversary with thirty-five books and about four hundred articles, not including translations and reprints, interviews and other newspaper materials, the scope must be very wide. … Essays in Honor of Alexander Zholkovsky demonstrates that the celebrant’s creativity and academic fertility clearly give life to a large number of research ideas in a wide variety of research domains.” — Natalia Batova, University of Melbourne, Australian Slavonic and East European Studies, Vol. 32 -- Natalia Batova * Australian Slavonic and East European Studies *
“The energy and talent of its honoree pay forward in this magisterial work. Across his long career Prof. Zholkovsky has joined with many of the erudite and clever experts represented here to create a new generation of transnational, translingual scholars and writers. Russian history, literature and culture are about more than just Russia, and this encyclopedia ranges across linguistic and cultural landscapes to offer exactly this view. … Recommended for scholars and students of Russia, of poetic and literary culture, of theory, memoir, autobiography and genre. Grab a copy off the library shelf and dip into it. Construct your own text, reading around in a random order, or follow the path from A to Z. The journey is worth it.“ —Angela Brintlinger, Ohio State University, Slavic and East European Journal