Rachel Mines, who obtained her PhD in Eng­lish from King’s Col­lege, Uni­ver­si­ty of Lon­don, is fac­ul­ty emeri­ta at Lan­gara Col­lege. She is the trans­la­tor of The Rivals and Oth­er Sto­ries by Jon­ah Rosen­feld, also pub­lished by Syra­cuse Uni­ver­si­ty Press.