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Talking Cure Paula Marantz Cohen

Talking Cure By Paula Marantz Cohen

Talking Cure by Paula Marantz Cohen


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Talking Cure: An Essay on the Civilizing Power of Conversation by Paula Marantz Cohen

An invigorating exploration of the pleasures and social benefits of conversation

Talking 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 cure to 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.

Talking Cure Reviews

[Cohen] makes the case that talking to others-sharing our stories-is how we learn things and sharpen our belief systems, how we piece together what it means to be funny or empathetic. Conversation can change our minds while sustaining our souls.---Hua Hsu, New Yorker
[Cohen] explores what makes for a vivacious meeting of minds. . . . She prizes conversation as an end in itself, its value residing not in the achievement of any particular outcome but in the pleasure of fluent verbal interchange.---Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic
The chief value of this book is its abiding reminder of the pleasure of good talk. . . . It's a lesson in how conversation can reveal our truest, fullest selves.---Danny Heitman, Wall Street Journal

About Paula Marantz Cohen

Paula Marantz Cohen is Distinguished Professor of English and Dean of the Pennoni Honors College at Drexel University. Her books include Of Human Kindness: What Shakespeare Teaches Us about Empathy; Alfred Hitchcock: The Legacy of Victorianism; Silent Film and the Triumph of the American Myth; and the bestselling novel Jane Austen in Boca.

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NGR9780691238500
9780691238500
0691238502
Talking Cure: An Essay on the Civilizing Power of Conversation by Paula Marantz Cohen
New
Hardback
Princeton University Press
2023-03-14
232
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