Russian twentieth-century literature. History of Russian poetry. Life and works of Boris Pasternak. History of Russian music, especially Aleksandr Scriabin. Russian pianism. The interaction between Russian literature and music.
Recent Articles and Books:
“Boris Pasternak in August 1936 – An NKVD Memorandum”, co-authored with Leonid Maximenkov, Toronto Slavic Quarterly, 2003.
“Translating the Zhivago Cycle” and “The Poems of Doctor Zhivago”, Toronto Slavic Quarterly, 2004.
“The Image of Chopin”, in A Century’s Perspective: Essays on Russian Literature in Honor of Olga Raevsky Hughes and Robert P. Hughes , Stanford Slavic Studies, 2006.
“An Interview with Alexander Pasternak”, transcribed and edited, Stanford Slavic Studies, 2006.
Boris Pasternak: A Literary Biography, two volumes, Cambridge University Press, 1989-1998.
Edited and translated:
Boris Pasternak, The Blind Beauty. Co-translated with Manya Harari and Max Hayward. London, 1969.
Studies in Twentieth Century Russian Literature, Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh, 1976.
Boris Pasternak, Collected Short Prose, Praeger, New York 1977.
Edward Topol and Fridrikh Neznansky, Red Square. Co-translated. London 1983.
Boris Pasternak, The Voice of Prose, two volumes, Polygon Books, Edinburgh, 1986-1990.
Boris Pasternak and European Literature, Oxford University Press, 1990.
Edward Topol, The Russian Seven. Co-translated. London 1990.
Ella Bobrow, Irina Odoevtseva, Poet, Novelist, Memoirist: A Literary Portrait, Toronto, 1996.
Edward Topol, The Jewish Lover. New York, 1998.
Alexander Tumanov, The Life and Artistry of Maria Olenina- D'Alheim. Edmonton, 2000.
Tatiana Kostaki, Russian Library Treasures: An Index of National and Academic Libraries, Toronto, 2000.
The Path to Perfection: Russian Pianists and Moscow Conservatoire Professors on the Art of the Piano., London, 2006 [forthcoming].
Vadim Bytensky, Journey from St Petersburg [forthcoming].
SLA339 Twilight of an Empire: Russian Art and Thought in the European fin de siecle
SLA340 Narrative Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Twentieth-Century Russian Prose
SLA343 Post-Stalinist Russian Literature
SLA402 Russian Literary Translation I
SLA403 Russian Literary Translation II
SLA420 Studies in Russian Syntax and Stylistics
SLA441 Modern Russian Poetry
SLA442 Russian Symbolism
