Victory over The Sun: The World’s First Futurist Opera co-edited with Sarah Dadswell Exeter: Exeter University Press November 2011 Annotated translation of the libretto, plus translations of other primary sources, and contextual articles by art historians, theatre specialists, musicologists, and literary scholars Tolstoy: A Russian Life London: Profile, 2010/New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011 Longlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction The extraordinary character of the giant is captured better by Bartlett than by any previous biographer ... She is very good at expounding the novels and completely fair to all parties when the marriage turns into a battleground. Superbly well written.’ AN Wilson, Spectator Books of the Year ‘Superbly readable and, in contrast to some earlier biographies, treats the great novelist’s sometimes strange enthusiasms and obsessions sympathetically and seriously. It also brilliantly traces how Tolstoy was read in the Soviet era, and how his depiction of simplicity and compassion attracted people in the face of state opposition and harassment.’ Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, Mail on Sunday Books of the Year Anton Chekhov, The Exclamation Mark Editor and translator; foreword by Lynne Truss London: Hesperus, 2008 'Rosamund Bartlett translates with finesse and precision' Times Literary Supplement 'Illuminated by genius, the incommunicable becomes achingly visible' The Guardian Literary Russia: A Guide co-author with Anna Benn Picador, 1997; new edition, Overlook/Duckworth, 2007 ‘A lovely book. There can be no one who, having allowed his or her imagination to be captured by so much as one page of Dostoevsky or the shortest of Chekhov’s short stories, will not be enchanted by this most unusual of guidebooks.’ The Observer ‘An intelligent, multifaceted guide for armchair reader and intrepid nomad alike.’ Literary Review Chekhov: Scenes from a Life London: Simon and Schuster, 2004 Moscow Times Biography of the Year, 2004 ‘A wonder… more informative about Chekhov the man than a conventional biography, and more instructive about the roots of his work than dry literary criticism… this is a remarkable biography about an inspirational artist.’ Sunday Telegraph ‘An excellent new biography, in flne Chekhovian style, by a writer with a deep knowledge of Russian culture and nature.’ Evening Standard Anton Chekhov: A Life in Letters Editor and joint translator with Anthony Philips, London: Penguin Classics, 2004 ‘Penguin have issued the first translation of Chekhov's correspondence uncensored by prudish relatives or myth-building Soviets. Anton Chekhov: A Life in Letters (Penguin £12.99) rattles with loot.’ David Mitchell, Books of the Year, Independent, 2004 ‘Where A Life in Letters treats Chekhov's biography chronologically, Scenes from a Life arranges it spatially in "geographical" layers. The letters are well translated and the two approaches are complementary; both should appeal to the general reader, as well as to the serious student of Chekhov.’ Times Higher Education Supplement Anton Chekhov, About Love and Other Stories Editor and translator Oxford: Oxford World's Classics, 2004; new edition, 2008 Shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize, 2005 ‘...outstanding translations of a selection of Chekhov's stories...’ Literary Review ‘Seventeen peerless examples of how much life you can put into a few pages of fiction if you have Chekhov’s economical mind, his eyes and ears, his feel for comedy and his sense of humanity. Chekhov is better known for his plays. But these are small masterpieces of their own, in a revelatory new translation.’ Economist Shostakovich in Context Editor Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000 ‘Regardless of the reader's level of musical expertise, there is much to be learned here about this immensely significant twentieth-century composer. Bartlett's interdisciplinary approach will hopefully draw an even wider audience to the ranks of ardent enthusiasts. It should – this collection is an example of the best in current Shostakovich scholarship.’ Russian Review ‘This collection makes a very worthwhile contribution to Shostakovich studies, for the brilliance of some of the contributions, for the new information, and for the excellent photographic illustrations.’ Slavonic and East European Review available from OUP: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198166665.do?keyword=shostakovich+in+context&sortby=bestMatches Wagner and Russia Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1995; paperback edition: 2007 ‘Impressive … well-researched survey of the impact of Wagner in Russia.' BBC Music Magazine ‘This fine study traces Wagner's music and ideas in Russia from 1841 to 1991, detailing his reception and performance history, the factors that shaped them, and his admirers and detractors.’ Slavic Review

Victory over The Sun: The World’s First Futurist Opera

co-edited with Sarah Dadswell

Exeter: Exeter University Press

November 2011

Annotated translation of the libretto, plus translations of other primary sources, and contextual articles by art historians, theatre specialists, musicologists, and literary scholars

Tolstoy: A Russian Life

London: Profile, 2010/New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011

Longlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction

The extraordinary character of the giant is captured better by Bartlett than by any previous biographer ... She is very good at expounding the novels and completely fair to all parties when the marriage turns into a battleground. Superbly well written.’

AN Wilson, Spectator Books of the Year

‘Superbly readable and, in contrast to some earlier biographies, treats the great novelist’s sometimes strange enthusiasms and obsessions sympathetically and seriously. It also brilliantly traces how Tolstoy was read in the Soviet era, and how his depiction of simplicity and compassion attracted people in the face of state opposition and harassment.’

Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, Mail on Sunday Books of the Year

Anton Chekhov, The Exclamation Mark

Editor and translator; foreword by Lynne Truss

London: Hesperus, 2008

'Rosamund Bartlett translates with finesse and precision'

Times Literary Supplement

'Illuminated by genius, the incommunicable becomes achingly visible'

The Guardian

Literary Russia: A Guide

co-author with Anna Benn

Picador, 1997; new edition, Overlook/Duckworth, 2007

‘A lovely book. There can be no one who, having allowed

his or her imagination to be captured by so much as one

page of Dostoevsky or the shortest of Chekhov’s short stories, will not be enchanted by this most unusual of guidebooks.’

The Observer

‘An intelligent, multifaceted guide for armchair reader and intrepid nomad alike.’

Literary Review

Chekhov: Scenes from a Life

London: Simon and Schuster, 2004

Moscow Times Biography of the Year, 2004

‘A wonder… more informative about Chekhov the man than a conventional biography, and more instructive about the roots of his work than dry literary criticism… this is a remarkable biography about an inspirational artist.’

Sunday Telegraph

‘An excellent new biography, in flne Chekhovian style, by a writer with a deep knowledge of Russian culture and nature.’

Evening Standard

Anton Chekhov: A Life in Letters

Editor and joint translator with Anthony Philips,

London: Penguin Classics, 2004

‘Penguin have issued the first translation of Chekhov's correspondence uncensored by prudish relatives or myth-building Soviets. Anton Chekhov: A Life in Letters (Penguin £12.99) rattles with loot.’

David Mitchell, Books of the Year, Independent, 2004

‘Where A Life in Letters treats Chekhov's biography chronologically, Scenes from a Life arranges it spatially in "geographical" layers. The letters are well translated and the two approaches are complementary; both should appeal to the general reader, as well as to the serious student of Chekhov.’

Times Higher Education Supplement

Anton Chekhov, About Love and Other Stories

Editor and translator

Oxford: Oxford World's Classics, 2004; new edition, 2008

Shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize, 2005

‘...outstanding translations of a selection of Chekhov's stories...’

Literary Review

‘Seventeen peerless examples of how much life you can put into a few pages of fiction if you have Chekhov’s economical mind, his eyes and ears, his feel for comedy and his sense of humanity. Chekhov is better known for his plays. But these are small masterpieces of their own, in a revelatory new translation.’

Economist

Shostakovich in Context

Editor

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000

‘Regardless of the reader's level of musical expertise, there is much to be learned here about this immensely significant twentieth-century composer. Bartlett's interdisciplinary approach will hopefully draw an even wider audience to the ranks of ardent enthusiasts. It should – this collection is an example of the best in current Shostakovich scholarship.’

Russian Review

‘This collection makes a very worthwhile contribution to Shostakovich studies, for the brilliance of some of the contributions, for the new information, and for the excellent photographic illustrations.’

Slavonic and East European Review

available from OUP:

http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198166665.do?keyword=shostakovich+in+context&sortby=bestMatches

Wagner and Russia

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

1995; paperback edition: 2007

‘Impressive … well-researched survey of the impact of Wagner in Russia.'

BBC Music Magazine

‘This fine study traces Wagner's music and ideas in Russia from 1841 to 1991, detailing his reception and performance history, the factors that shaped them, and his admirers and detractors.’

Slavic Review