=== Prof. Dr. Maxim D. Shrayer Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies Department of Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures Boston College 210 Lyons Hall, 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3804 USA e-mail: shrayerm@bc.edu tel. 617-552-3911 fax. 617-552-3913 http://fmwww.bc.edu/SL-V/ShrayerM.html