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Roses in December

And Other Plays

By: Victor L. Cahn

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Relationships in their comic and dramatic variety are at the core of this collection of what playwright Victor L. Cahn calls chamber plays. All dramatize relationships between two people: sometimes to find love, sometimes to find self-assurance or power. All are also distinguished by an elegant wit and stylistic sophistication that makes these works literary as well as theatrical delights.

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1606082515

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9781606082515

Romantic Trapezoid

A Novel

By: Victor L. Cahn

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Romantic Trapezoid

A Novel

By: Victor L. Cahn

In this witty and ironic novel, Melissa and Dave claim to love each other, but clash as to how the relationship should proceed. Their predicament is complicated by Beth, who brazenly asserts her own amorous intentions. Add a provocative element of mystery, and the result is a subtly subversive comedy about contemporary romance.

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1608992411

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9781608992416

Sound Bites

A Novel about Politics and the Media

By: Victor L. Cahn

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Sound Bites

A Novel about Politics and the Media

By: Victor L. Cahn

The absurdities of contemporary politics and culture are lampooned in this unique and biting novel, composed entirely of media "sound bites." Here are the voices of our time: politicians, reporters, pundits, and voters, all clashing amid a senatorial campaign between a young conservative woman and a venerable liberal man. The result is a fast-paced satire filled with sharp dialogue and ironic surprises.

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1620323044

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9781620323045

Walking Distance

Remembering Classic Episodes from Classic Television

By: Victor L. Cahn

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Walking Distance

Remembering Classic Episodes from Classic Television

By: Victor L. Cahn

In this entertaining and informative book, Victor L. Cahn revisits memorable episodes from eleven classic television shows, including The Twilight Zone, Maverick, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Fugitive, The Avengers, and All in the Family. He provides background for each program, details about the creative individuals involved, close readings of the scripts, and reflections on why these series were influential when originally broadcast and why they continue to be enjoyed decades later by "baby boomers," their children, and their grandchildren. With a scholar's insight and a fan's enthusiasm, he offers a unique perspective on an integral part of mid-twentieth-century American culture.

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1625647948

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9781625647948

Political Animal

An Essay on the Character of Shakespeare’s Henry V

By: Victor L. Cahn

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Political Animal

An Essay on the Character of Shakespeare’s Henry V

By: Victor L. Cahn

This book is a close examination of one of Shakespeare's most controversial characters: Prince Hal/Henry V. From his early tavern dalliances with Sir John Falstaff, to his assumption of the English throne, to his military successes and marriage, the analysis weighs his many disparate qualities, such as charm, aggression, wit, and faith, as well as his relationship to questions about power, religion, and morality that dominate Shakespeare's history plays. The study also links this complex figure to electoral issues and strategies of our own day.

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1630875481

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9781630875480

Classroom Virtuoso

Recollections of a Life in Learning

By: Victor L. Cahn

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Classroom Virtuoso

Recollections of a Life in Learning

By: Victor L. Cahn

Did you ever have a teacher you couldn't forget? Someone who helped shape your knowledge and values, and so remains an indelible part of you? For more than thirty-five years, Victor L. Cahn has been such an influential figure. As secondary school "master" at Mercersburg, Pomfret, and Phillips Exeter, and as professor of English at Bowdoin and Skidmore, he has instructed, entertained, counseled, and inspired thousands of students, who have reciprocated by granting him their respect and affection. With the same wit and perception that have made his classes so memorable, and from his singular perspective as student, scholar, playwright, actor, and musician, Professor Cahn offers fascinating insights about learning of all kinds. Equally delightful are the candid reflections on his career, unabashed confessions that will touch anyone who has ever wondered about those rare individuals who bring esteem to the title "teacher.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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160709004X

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9781607090045

Embraceable Me

By: Victor L. Cahn

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Embraceable Me

By: Victor L. Cahn

Edward is smart, shy, and quirky, while Allison is sexy, dramatic, and vulnerable. Embraceable Me is a comic and passionate "He said - She said" that traces the twenty-year journey of these unlikely friends as they struggle to resolve their feelings for the most important person in their lives."--Publisher description.

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Samuel French, Inc.

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0573698988

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9780573698989

Gender and Power in the Plays of Harold Pinter

By: Victor L. Cahn

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Gender and Power in the Plays of Harold Pinter

By: Victor L. Cahn

During the past century, artists have been preoccupied with the search for meaning in a fragmented world. In this book Victor L. Cahn suggests that the plays of Harold Pinter dramatize how such a search leads characters to try to establish security through control of territory and people. The resulting conflict often manifests itself in a gender battle, in which men dominate the physical arena and women the emotional. The innate tension between the sexes is both comic and unnerving, but also reflects humanity's eternal quest for meaning and identity.

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1725230518

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9781725230514

The Plays of Shakespeare

A Thematic Guide

By: Victor L. Cahn

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The Plays of Shakespeare

A Thematic Guide

By: Victor L. Cahn

Touching viewers and readers with his presentation of social, moral, and political issues, Shakespeare holds ageless and unequaled appeal primarily because of the universal themes at the heart of his dramatic works. Shakespeare scholar Victor Cahn takes a unique approach to exploring the plays by identifying and explicating the themes that recur throughout the canon. Written in lively language, each of the 35 essays explores a core theme or topic and discusses its implications in several key plays in which it figures prominently. This user-friendly guide not only allows readers to better understand the significance of concepts such as power, politics, marriage or money; the organization by theme also helps users to compare and contrast these important topics across relevant plays. Cahn draws vivid connections between related works of Shakespeare, but just as importantly, enlightens readers as to the pertinence of these themes in contemporary life. While this thematic guide examines all of Shakespeare's plays, particular attention is devoted to those works most often read by students; the tragedies such as Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, and Macbeth, the comedies including A Midsummer Night's Dream and Merchant of Venice, as well as the historical plays like Richard II, and the romantic works such as The Tempest. Students who wish to investigate a particular play in greater depth can refer to this book's title index to identify all citations of that work. This valuable literary resource serves myriad uses, enabling students to trace the thread of a theme, to compare its treatment in several plays, and to understand better a play, its characters, plot and language, by examining Shakespeare's central themes.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313000298

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9780313000294

Shakespeare the Playwright

A Companion to the Complete Tragedies, Histories, Comedies, and Romances^LUpdated, with a new Introduction

By: Victor L. Cahn

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Shakespeare the Playwright

A Companion to the Complete Tragedies, Histories, Comedies, and Romances^LUpdated, with a new Introduction

By: Victor L. Cahn

When Victor Cahn's Shakespeare the Playwright was issued in 1991, it was highly recommended for any general public library and for academic collections at all undergraduate levels (Choice) and viewed as a useful guide for the general reader, as well as high school and undergraduate students Library Journal. Now Professor Cahn has revised his introduction to make the context of Shakespeare's plays more meaningful to the beginning researcher and to show how the plays have been performed from the 16th century onward. In addition, the bibliographies for each of the 37 plays have been updated to include the best new research. These updates and revisions will enhance the use of this guide for the general reader, student, and researcher, from high school onward. Since their first production four centuries ago, the plays of William Shakespeare have been the most widely produced, popularly acclaimed, and critically examined works in the world's literature. In this unique book, Victor L. Cahn, an acclaimed teacher of drama, guides the reader scene by scene through each of Shakespeare's thirty-seven plays, re-creating the freshness and theatrical effect of performance. Cahn has based his approach on the assumption that the fundamental appeal of Shakespeare's plays lies in the characters, and with clarity and subtlety he focuses on how the implications of the characters' actions and the nuances of their language contribute to the plays' impact. The introduction briefly traces Shakespeare's life and career, and explains some of the social and artistic circumstances that influenced his work. The plays are grouped by genre: Tragedies, Histories, Comedies, and Romances. This structure allows Cahn to explore Shalespeare's development in all four dramatic forms, as well as to suggest relationships between characters, themes, and images throughout the works. In addition, Cahn discusses the plays as reflective of Shakespeare's age, particularly the Renaissance concern with the tension between individual rights and social responsibility. The text is free from extensive scholarly apparatus, but valuable suggestions for further reading follow the analysis of each play, and a selected bibliography concludes the volume. The comprehensiveness of the book, as well as the accessibility and quality of its interpretations, make it a valuable resource for courses in Shakespeare, drama, and British literature, and a worthy addition to high school, college, university, and public library reference collections.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313390878

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9780313390876

Polishing Your Prose

How to Turn First Drafts Into Finished Work

By: Steven M. Cahn,Victor L. Cahn

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Polishing Your Prose

How to Turn First Drafts Into Finished Work

By: Steven M. Cahn,Victor L. Cahn

This singular book illustrates how to edit a piece of prose and enhance its clarity of thought and felicity of style. The authors first present ten principles of effective composition, and then scrutinize three extended paragraphs, suggesting with remarkable specificity how to improve them. The volume also offers challenging practice questions, as well as two finished essays, one serious and one humorous, that demonstrate how attention to sound mechanics need not result in mechanical writing. Steven M. Cahn and Victor L. Cahn help readers deploy a host of corrective strategies, such as avoiding jargon, bombast, and redundancy; varying sentence structure; paring the use of adjectives and adverbs; properly deploying phrases and clauses; and refining an argument. Here is a book for all who seek to increase their facility in written communication.

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Columbia University Press

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0231532016

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9780231532013

Introducing Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, and Romances

A Guide for Teachers

By: Victor Cahn

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Introducing Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, and Romances

A Guide for Teachers

By: Victor Cahn

This stimulating and accessible book is intended for instructors at the junior high school, high school, and undergraduate levels who present some of Shakespeare’s most familiar works to students who are largely unfamiliar with them. Acclaimed teacher of drama Victor L. Cahn begins with a general introduction, then examines seven of Shakespeare’s plays: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, TWELFTH NIGHT, RICHARD II, HENRY IV, PART 1, and THE TEMPEST. With attention always directed towards inspiring student interest and response, Professor Cahn provides an overview or “spine” for each work, then proceeds scene by scene, focusing on salient characters, details of language, and major themes. The volume not only is entertaining and clear, but also raises provocative points of interpretation as well as numerous questions for discussion. Underlying the project is the conviction that although the plays are most effective in performance, they can nonetheless prove compelling in the classroom, where students can appreciate that although these works are set in a distant time and place, their issues and implications remain universal.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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147583800X

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9781475838008

Introducing Shakespeare's Tragedies

A Guide for Teachers

By: Victor Cahn

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Introducing Shakespeare's Tragedies

A Guide for Teachers

By: Victor Cahn

This stimulating and accessible book is intended for instructors at the junior high school, high school, and undergraduate levels who present Shakespeare’s most familiar tragedies to students who are largely unfamiliar with them. Acclaimed teacher of drama Victor L. Cahn begins with a general introduction, then examines six of Shakespeare’s tragedies: Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth. With attention always directed towards inspiring student interest and response, Professor Cahn provides an overview or “spine” for each work, then proceeds scene by scene, focusing on salient characters, details of language, and major themes. The volume not only is entertaining and clear, but also raises provocative points of interpretation as well as numerous questions for discussion. Underlying the project is the conviction that although the plays are most effective in performance, they can nonetheless prove compelling in the classroom, where students can appreciate that although these works are set in a distant time and place, their issues and implications remain universal.

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1475836112

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9781475836110

Conquering College

A Guide for Undergraduates

By: Victor Cahn

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Conquering College

A Guide for Undergraduates

By: Victor Cahn

High school students receive a great deal of advice about gaining admission to college, but much less about what to do when they arrive there. More than ever, a college education represents a major investment of time and money. In this perceptive and witty guide, written by an experienced teacher and counselor of both high school and college students, Victor L. Cahn presents future undergraduates and their parents with a blueprint for how best to use these vital four years. With singular candor, he discusses the potential pitfalls and rewards of campus life, including the transition from high school; the challenges of academic, personal, and social freedom; and the opportunities offered by courses, professors, and extracurricular programs. All this information is presented in the context of one central theme: that college is preparation not simply for a career, but for life.

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R&L Education

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1607091895

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9781607091899

Bard Games

The Shakespeare Quiz Book

By: Victor Cahn

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Bard Games

The Shakespeare Quiz Book

By: Victor Cahn

The works of Shakespeare remain a staple of the theatrical and academic worlds, yet even non-experts enjoy his works. On the television program "Jeopardy," for example, "Shakespeare" is a category at least once a week. Bard Games demands recognition of quotations, but always in the context of matching them with the speakers, so that less experienced readers have help, while the more ambitious can work independently. In addition, the quizzes are arranged roughly in order of difficulty, with the most challenging at the end of the book, while individual quizzes, too, move from easier questions to harder ones.

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Taylor Trade Publications

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1589796187

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9781589796188

Fit to Kill

By: Victor L. Cahn

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Fit to Kill

By: Victor L. Cahn

Thriller / 1m, 2f / Interior Fit to Kill is a thriller about strategy, deception, and betrayal. Adrian, a charming but self-indulgent chess master, enjoys a life of luxury thanks to his marriage to Janice, an older but still sexy and vibrant woman who has made her fortune as the CEO of an exercise empire. The arrival of Amy, a reporter with an agenda of her own, unleashes a whirlwind of deadly schemes that will keep audiences guessing until the final seconds. "Deliciously scary...an event wo

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Samuel French, Inc.

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0573663971

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9780573663970

Sound Bites

A Novel about Politics and the Media

By: Victor L. Cahn

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A Novel about Politics and the Media

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Classroom Virtuoso

Recollections of a Life in Learning

By: Victor Cahn

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Recollections of a Life in Learning

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R&L Education

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1607090066

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Roses in December

By: Victor L. Cahn

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Roses in December

By: Victor L. Cahn

Description: Relationships in their comic and dramatic variety are at the core of this collection of what playwright Victor L. Cahn calls ""chamber plays."" All dramatize relationships between two people: sometimes to find love, sometimes to find self-assurance or power. All are also distinguished by an elegant wit and stylistic sophistication that makes these works literary as well as theatrical delights. Endorsements: About ROSES IN DECEMBER: ""Cahn serves up something of a bona fide thriller along with the genuinely wise psychological insights that lie at the heart of ROSES IN DECEMBER, keeping us riveted until the final word has been read."" --nytheatre.com About BOTTOM OF THE NINTH: ""This is a beautifully written and crafted miniature . . . Rarely have beer and peanuts been so well deserved."" --Clive Barnes, The New York Post About SHERLOCK SOLO: ."" . . brilliantly acted, exceptionally written, and engages the intellect from start to finish."" --New Theater Corps About the Contributor(s): Victor L. Cahn is Professor of English at Skidmore College. His scripts have been presented Off Broadway and throughout the Capital Region of New York. He has also the author of several books on Shakespeare, critical studies of Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard, and the forthcoming memoir, Classroom Virtuoso: Recollections of a life in Learning.

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Resource Publications (CA)

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1498252451

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Shakespeare the Playwright

A Companion to the Complete Tragedies, Histories, Comedies, and Romances^LUpdated, with a new Introduction

By: Victor L. Cahn

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A Companion to the Complete Tragedies, Histories, Comedies, and Romances^LUpdated, with a new Introduction

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Political Animal

An Essay on the Character of Shakespeare’s Henry V

By: Victor L. Cahn

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An Essay on the Character of Shakespeare’s Henry V

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Roses in December

And Other Plays

By: Victor L. Cahn

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Roses in December

And Other Plays

By: Victor L. Cahn

Relationships in their comic and dramatic variety are at the core of this collection of what playwright Victor L. Cahn calls "chamber plays." All dramatize relationships between two people: sometimes to find love, sometimes to find self-assurance or power. All are also distinguished by an elegant wit and stylistic sophistication that makes these works literary as well as theatrical delights.

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