Paula Marantz Cohen

Paula Marantz Cohen is a distinguished professor of English and Dean Emerita of the Honors College at Drexel University. She is the author of many books, including Jane Austen in Scarsdale: Or Love, Death and the SATs and What Alice Knew: A Most Curious Tale of Henry James and Jack the Ripper. Her most recent book is Talking Cure: An Essay on the Civilizing Power of Conversation.

Winning Isn’t Everything

How the self-esteem movement has failed our kids

By Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday April 8, 2014

Still Lives

The enduring influence of da Vinci’s anatomical drawings

By Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday April 1, 2014

Staying Up to Speed

An experienced professor is humbled by his colleague’s knowledge and caring

By Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday March 25, 2014

Home Schooling

A book that teaches families how to succeed

By Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday March 11, 2014

Ugly No More

The American charm offensive

By Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday March 4, 2014

Escaping America

It’s harder than you might think

By Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday February 25, 2014

In Memory of a Great Teacher

Glenn Hobson, 1955-2014

By Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday February 18, 2014

Men in Tights

Shakespeare and the power of disguise

By Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday February 11, 2014

Family Ties

Our fluid support systems

By Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday February 4, 2014

The Visual Turn

By Paula Marantz Cohen | Monday December 1, 2025

Injured Merit

By Paula Marantz Cohen | Thursday January 28, 2021

This Side of Paradise

By Paula Marantz Cohen | Monday December 3, 2018

On Hospitality

By Paula Marantz Cohen | Wednesday July 18, 2018

The Trouble at Yale

By Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday November 24, 2015

You’re in Denial

By Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday April 22, 2014

Class Therapy

By Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday April 15, 2014

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