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Of Human Kindness

Of Human Kindness

Paula Marantz Cohen

Yale University Press
2021
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An award-winning scholar and teacher explores how Shakespeare’s greatest characters were built on a learned sense of empathy"Thoughtful, astute, invitingly readable—and uncommonly timely. Especially now that so many younger readers are casting suspicious glances at Shakespeare, Of Human Kindness shows with mind-changing clarity why his work has never been more relevant to our common problems."—Terry Teachout, drama critic, Wall Street Journal“A warm and committed book, firmly rooted in long experience of the classroom.”—Emma Smith, Times Literary Supplement While discussing Shakespeare’s plays in her university classroom, Paula Marantz Cohen discovered that they unlocked a surprising sense of compassion in both herself and her students. In this short and illuminating book, she shows how Shakespeare’s genius lay in his ability to arouse empathy, even when his characters exist in alien contexts and behave in reprehensible ways. Cohen takes her readers through a selection of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, including Hamlet,Othello,King Lear, and The Merchant of Venice, to demonstrate the ways in which Shakespeare thought deeply and clearly about how we treat “the other.” Cohen argues that only through close reading of Shakespeare can we fully appreciate his empathetic responses to race, class, gender, and age. Wise, eloquent, and thoughtful, this book is a forceful argument for literature’s power to champion what is best in us.
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Jane Austen in Boca

Jane Austen in Boca

Paula Marantz Cohen

St. Martin's Griffin
2003
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A witty send-up of Pride and Prejudice set in a Florida retirement village follows a circle of retirees on a hilarious voyage of love and manners. A first novel. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.
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Much ADO about Jessie Kaplan

Much ADO about Jessie Kaplan

Paula Marantz Cohen

St. Martin's Griffin
2005
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From the bestselling author of Jane Austen in Boca, "another witty tale that combines classic literature with contemporary social comedy."---Hartford Courant Carla Goodman's life in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, is a little bit stressful these days. Her doctor husband is frazzled, her son's teachers say he needs Ritalin, and she's in the throes of planning her daughter's bat mitzvah. But it's her sweet widowed mother, Jessie Kaplan, who really has Carla worried, for Jessie has suddenly "remembered" that she was Shakespeare's Dark Lady of the Sonnets in a previous life. Can even the famed Dr. Leonard Samuels, psychiatrist and author of the self-help book, How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love My Mother-in-Law, help with a problem like this?Witty, engaging, and wickedly observant, Much Ado About Jessie Kaplan is an unpredictable tale of love, loss, and family rites of passage.
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Jane Austen in Scarsdale: Or Love, Death, and the Sats

Jane Austen in Scarsdale: Or Love, Death, and the Sats

Paula Marantz Cohen

St. Martin's Griffin
2007
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In a tale inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion, dedicated guidance counselor Anne Ehrlich works to help her high school charges through the perils of their college admissions and remembers a past love whose nephew requires her assistance. By the author of Much Ado About Jesse Kaplan. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.
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Talking Cure

Talking Cure

Paula Marantz Cohen

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
2023
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An invigorating exploration of the pleasures and social importance of conversationTalking Cure is a timely and enticing excursion into the art of good conversation. Paula Marantz Cohen reveals how conversation connects us in ways that social media never can and explains why simply talking to each other freely and without guile may be the first step to curing what ails our troubled society.Drawing on her lifelong immersion in literature and culture and her decades of experience as a teacher and critic, Cohen argues that we learn to converse in our families and then carry that knowledge into a broader world where we encounter diverse opinions and sensibilities. She discusses the role of food in encouraging conversation, the challenges of writing dialogue in fiction, the pros and cons of Zoom, the relationship of conversation to vaudeville acts, and the educational value of a good college seminar where students learn to talk about ideas. Cohen looks at some of the famous groups of writers and artists in history whose conversation fed their creativity, and details some of the habits that can result in bad conversation.Blending the immediacy of a beautifully crafted memoir with the conviviality of an intimate gathering with friends, Talking Cure makes a persuasive case for the civilizing value of conversation and is essential reading for anyone interested in the chatter that fuels culture.
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Talking Cure

Talking Cure

Paula Marantz Cohen

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
2025
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An invigorating exploration of the pleasures and social importance of conversationTalking Cure is a timely and enticing excursion into the art of good conversation. Paula Marantz Cohen reveals how conversation connects us in ways that social media never can and explains why simply talking to each other freely and without guile may be the first step to curing what ails our troubled society.Drawing on her lifelong immersion in literature and culture and her decades of experience as a teacher and critic, Cohen argues that we learn to converse in our families and then carry that knowledge into a broader world where we encounter diverse opinions and sensibilities. She discusses the role of food in encouraging conversation, the challenges of writing dialogue in fiction, the pros and cons of Zoom, the relationship of conversation to vaudeville acts, and the educational value of a good college seminar where students learn to talk about ideas. Cohen looks at some of the famous groups of writers and artists in history whose conversation fed their creativity, and details some of the habits that can result in bad conversation.Blending the immediacy of a beautifully crafted memoir with the conviviality of an intimate gathering with friends, Talking Cure makes a persuasive case for the civilizing value of conversation and is essential reading for anyone interested in the chatter that fuels culture.
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Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

Paula Marantz Cohen

The University Press of Kentucky
2021
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This provocative study traces Alfred Hitchcock's long directorial career from Victorianism to postmodernism. Paula Cohen considers a sampling of Hitchcock's best films - Shadow of a Doubt, Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho - as well as some of his more uneven ones - Rope, The Wrong Man, Topaz - and makes connections between his evolution as a filmmaker and trends in the larger society.Drawing on a number of methodologies including feminism, psychoanalysis, and family systems, the author provides an insightful look at the paradox of a Victorian-style gentleman who evolved into one of the leading masters of the modern medium of film. Cohen sees Hitchcock's films as developing, in part, as a masculine response to the domestic, psychological novels that had appealed primarily to women during the Victorian era. His career, she argues, can be seen as an attempt to balance "the two faces of Victorianism": the masculine legacy of law and hierarchy and the feminine legacy of feeling and imagination.Also central to her thesis is the Victorian model of the nuclear family and its permutations, especially the father-daughter dyad. She postulates a fundamental dynamic in Hitchcock's films, what she calls a "daughter's effect," and relates it to the social role of the family as an institution and to Hitchcock's own relationship with his daughter, Patricia, who appeared in three of his films.Cohen argues that Hitchcock's films reflect his Victorian legacy and serve as a map for ideological trends. She charts his development from his British period through his classic Hollywood years into his later phase, tracing a conceptual evolution that corresponds to an evolution in cultural identity - one that builds on a Victorian inheritance and ultimately discards it.
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Suzanne Davis Gets a Life

Suzanne Davis Gets a Life

Paula Marantz Cohen

Paul Dry Books, Inc
2014
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"Incredibly charming..."Suzanne Davis Gets a Life" has an emotional honesty and moments of real wisdom."--"Philadelphia Inquirer"Cohen "portrays timeless and universal challenges through a buoyant combination of humor, pathos, and gumption."--"Booklist"""Suzanne Davis Gets a Life" isn't just seriously entertaining, it's entertainingly serious...I want my romantic comedy heroines to have wit, but I want them to have character too, and be as interested in the world as in themselves. Paula Marantz Cohen has given me all of that."--Margo JeffersonA "witty commentary on contemporary life, enriched by a funny, flawed, and likable heroine."--"Kirkus""Ms. Cohen is a perceptive, comic writer."--"Wall Street Journal"Suzanne Davis lounges around her tiny New York City apartment in her pajamas, writing press releases for the International Association of Air-Conditioning Engineers, listening to the ticking of her biological clock, and wondering where life is taking her. As her 35th birthday looms, Suzanne embarks on a wrong-headed, but very funny, quest--to find Mr. Right and start the family she hopes will give meaning to her life.Her quest plunges us into the world of her Upper West Side apartment building, a world of overly invested mothers, fanatical dog-owners, curmudgeonly longtime residents, and young (and not so young) professionals. All are keenly observed by Suzanne, whose witty self-deprecation endears her to us even as it makes us want to shake some sense into her.Light in its tone but incisive in its social satire, "Suzanne Davis Gets a Life" balances its wit with true concern for its protagonist. We can't help but wish Suzanne success in "getting a life." But can such a search possibly yield the meaning she craves? When her extremely annoying mother arrives on the scene, it appears that her plan has been hijacked. But serious illness opens her to new people and a new perspective. She ends by getting a life--even as she may lose one.Paula Marantz Cohen's novels include "Jane Austen in Scarsdale or Love, Death and the SATs"; "Jane Austen in Boca"; and the recent "What Alice Knew: A Most Curious Tale of Henry James and Jack the Ripper." Cohen is Distinguished Professor of English at Drexel University, and is host of the weekly public television program "The Drexel Interview."Praise for Paula Marantz Cohen"Cohen's wit is sharp, smart, and satirical, and her characterizations are vividly on target."--"San Francisco Chronicle"Praise for "Jane Austen in Boca""Utterly charming."--"Vanity Fair""Page turner of the week."--"People Magazine"Praise for "Much Ado about Jesse Kaplan""A brightly comic book."--"Times Literary Supplement""Kept me laughing from beginning to end...a comic tour-de-force."--"The Hudson Review"Praise for "Jane Austen in Scarsdale""Paula Marantz Cohen has done it again Jane Austen in Scarsdale is laugh-out-loud funny, literate, wise--and best of all, a satirical mirror of our times. She has become our own Jane Austen."--Diane Ravitch, author of "The Language Police"Praise for "What Alice Knew""A marvelously rich and intelligent read."--John Banville
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Beatrice Bunson's Guide to Romeo and Juliet

Beatrice Bunson's Guide to Romeo and Juliet

Paula Marantz Cohen

Paul Dry Books, Inc
2016
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"Juliet Capulet would find a worthy BFF in Beatrice Bunson."--Cordelia Frances Biddle, author of the Martha Beale mystery series"Cohen has made an essential classic cool."--Beth Kephart, author of Going OverHigh school begins, and to Beatrice Bunson nothing is the same, not even her best friend, Nan. The "new" Nan doesn't hang out with Bea; she's running for Student Council and going to parties and avoiding Bea at lunchtime. The boys who were gross in middle school have become surprisingly polite, while the "cool" kids are still a mystery. Bea's older sister, meanwhile, acts like she's living in a soap opera.On the bright side, there's English class with Mr. Martin, where Beatrice discovers that Shakespeare has something to say about almost everything--and that nothing in life is as dramatic as Romeo and Juliet.But when Nan gets in over her head in her new social life, it's up to Beatrice to restore her reputation--and she may need to make a few new friends to pull it off. One of them, the slightly brainy guy that Beatrice meets at her grandmother's retirement home, is definitely kind of cute, and probably dateable. (Fortunately, nothing is the same in high school.)As Beatrice and her classmates tackle Romeo and Juliet, they unveil the subtleties of the play as well as broader lessons of love, family, honor, and misunderstandings. Guided by Mr. Martin, these ninth-graders help us to understand Shakespeare, as Shakespeare helps them begin to understand themselves."Warning to teachers of high school Shakespeare classes: be prepared to revise your lesson plan."--Gillian Murray Kendall, Smith College"Ideal for those who are charmed by the romance of Shakespeare. And who isn't?"--Kirkus Reviews"Teens shouldn't be without a copy of this sparkling novel."--Foreword Reviews"An entertaining work for those who enjoy quick reads with realistic characters. For fans of Meg Cabot's books"--School Library Journal"A deftly crafted novel...highly recommended addition to both high school and community library YA Fiction collections."--Midwest Book ReviewPaula Marantz Cohen's novels include Suzanne Davis Gets a Life (Paul Dry Books 2014), Jane Austen in Scarsdale or Love, Death and the SATs, and What Alice Knew. She teaches English at Drexel University.
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The Daughter's Dilemma

The Daughter's Dilemma

Cohen Paula Marantz

THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS
1993
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The Daughter's Dilemma breaks new ground in literary studies through its application of family systems theory to the analysis of nineteenth-century domestic novels. Cohen argues for structural correspondences between families and novels: as systems seeking closure, they are governed by certain analogous laws. She argues further that the father-daughter dyad is the pivotal structure by which the nuclear family and the domestic novel were able to define themselves as closed systems. The study treats novels by Samuel Richardson, Jane Austen, Emily Bront , George Eliot, and Henry James and places them in the context of the writers' individual family experiences. Drawing on recent work in literary and feminist criticism, anthropology, history, and psychoanalysis, as well as family systems theory, Cohen seeks to critique the limitations of these theoretical models even as she employs them to illuminate the texts under discussion. The study's approach leads to insights about the contemporary family and about the present state of literature and literary criticism. Cohen concludes by suggesting that the modern period marked the demise of an ideology favoring closed systems. The result has been both a nostalgia for those systems and a redefinition of experience and relationship as open and subject to endless interpretation. Such an ideological reformulation helps explain the present insistence by literary theorists on the inescapability of the text and the "reality" of representation.
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Superpower Involvement In The Middle East

Superpower Involvement In The Middle East

Paul Marantz; Blema Steinberg; John Sigler; Shmuel Sandler

Routledge
2020
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The contributors to this book offer an explanation of Soviet and U.S. policy in the Middle East by exploring how the superpowers define their goals in the region, the factors that both stimulate and constrain the United States and the Soviet Union in the implementation of their objectives, and how their mutual perceptions influence behavior. The ch
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Superpower Involvement In The Middle East

Superpower Involvement In The Middle East

Paul Marantz; Blema Steinberg; John Sigler; Shmuel Sandler

TAYLOR FRANCIS LTD
2024
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The contributors to this book offer an explanation of Soviet and U.S. policy in the Middle East by exploring how the superpowers define their goals in the region, the factors that both stimulate and constrain the United States and the Soviet Union in the implementation of their objectives, and how their mutual perceptions influence behavior. The ch
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The Decline Of The Soviet Union And The Transformation Of The Middle East

The Decline Of The Soviet Union And The Transformation Of The Middle East

David Howard Goldberg; Paul Marantz; Stephen Page; Stephen Gotowicki

Routledge
2019
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For more than three decades, the Soviet Union was a major force in the Middle East, and superpower rivalry exacerbated many of the conflicts endemic to the region. The end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union have fundamentally altered the rules of the game in Middle East politics, producing a new fluidity in the region, new diplomatic alignments, and new opportunities for peace. The contributors place recent developments in historical and political context, analyzing changes in Soviet Middle East policy under Gorbachev as well as evaluating developments since the demise of the Soviet Union. The evolution of Moscow's policy toward the Arab states, Israel, the P.L.O., and the U.N. is given special attention. The contributors also examine the emergence of Islamic fundamentalism in the new states of Central Asia and weigh the potential implications of this development for the Middle East. In addition, they discuss security issues related to the transfer of military technology from former Soviet republics to the countries of the Middle East.
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The Decline Of The Soviet Union And The Transformation Of The Middle East

The Decline Of The Soviet Union And The Transformation Of The Middle East

David Howard Goldberg; Paul Marantz; Stephen Page; Stephen Gotowicki

Routledge
2020
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For more than three decades, the Soviet Union was a major force in the Middle East, and superpower rivalry exacerbated many of the conflicts endemic to the region. The end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union have fundamentally altered the rules of the game in Middle East politics, producing a new fluidity in the region, new diplomatic alignments, and new opportunities for peace. The contributors place recent developments in historical and political context, analyzing changes in Soviet Middle East policy under Gorbachev as well as evaluating developments since the demise of the Soviet Union. The evolution of Moscow's policy toward the Arab states, Israel, the P.L.O., and the U.N. is given special attention. The contributors also examine the emergence of Islamic fundamentalism in the new states of Central Asia and weigh the potential implications of this development for the Middle East. In addition, they discuss security issues related to the transfer of military technology from former Soviet republics to the countries of the Middle East.
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Regional Governance and the Politics of Housing in the San Francisco Bay Area

Regional Governance and the Politics of Housing in the San Francisco Bay Area

Paul G. Lewis; Nicholas J. Marantz

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS,U.S.
2023
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The San Francisco Bay Area is generally considered the most expensive regional housing market in the country. Because the region added jobs and residents at a faster rate than housing, rents and home prices escalated. Moreover, small municipalities, common in the most job-rich parts of the Bay Area, have strong political incentives to resist development of new multifamily housing. Regional Governance and the Politics of Housing in the San Francisco Bay Area explains how a decentralized, localistic structure of government shapes land-use politics in ways that exacerbate housing shortages and inequalities. The authors evaluate six potential reforms, arguing that targeted changes to local and regional institutions could generate durable improvements to the region’s housing opportunities. The main lesson from the case of the San Francisco Bay Area is the need to focus on governance when addressing the housing challenge. As the authors effectively illustrate, leaving a solution up to individual cities is unlikely to lead to increased housing supply.
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Regional Governance and the Politics of Housing in the San Francisco Bay Area

Regional Governance and the Politics of Housing in the San Francisco Bay Area

Paul G. Lewis; Nicholas J. Marantz

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS,U.S.
2023
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The San Francisco Bay Area is generally considered the most expensive regional housing market in the country. Because the region added jobs and residents at a faster rate than housing, rents and home prices escalated. Moreover, small municipalities, common in the most job-rich parts of the Bay Area, have strong political incentives to resist development of new multifamily housing. Regional Governance and the Politics of Housing in the San Francisco Bay Area explains how a decentralized, localistic structure of government shapes land-use politics in ways that exacerbate housing shortages and inequalities. The authors evaluate six potential reforms, arguing that targeted changes to local and regional institutions could generate durable improvements to the region’s housing opportunities. The main lesson from the case of the San Francisco Bay Area is the need to focus on governance when addressing the housing challenge. As the authors effectively illustrate, leaving a solution up to individual cities is unlikely to lead to increased housing supply.
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Paula

Paula

Isabel Allende

Harpercollins Publishers
2005
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In December 1991, Allendeâ??s daughter Paula, aged 26, fell gravely ill and sank into a coma. This book started as a letter to Paula written during the hours spent at her bedside, and became a personal memoir and a testament to the ties that bind families â?? a brave, enlightening, inspiring true story.
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Paula

Paula

Paula Radcliffe

Simon Schuster
2005
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With two new chapters on Paula's heart-stopping victories in the New York and London marathons, this is the autobiography of one of the greatest British athletes of modern times -- including the full story of her Greek tragedy in Athens.
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