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UNINA9910460424203321 |
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Cohen Paula Marantz <1953-> |
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Alfred Hitchcock : the legacy of Victorianism / / Paula Marantz Cohen |
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Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1995 |
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©1995 |
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0-8131-0850-0 |
0-8131-5779-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (218 p.) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-187) and index. |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Rise of Narrative Film; 2 Novel into Film: Sabotage; 3 Psychoanalysis versus Surrealism: Spellbound; 4 The Father-Daughter Plot: Shadow of a Doubt, Stage Fright, Strangers on a Train; 5 Digression: Rope, I Confess; 6 The Daughter's Effect: Rear Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much; 7 Transition: The Wrong Man, Vertigo; 8 The Emergence of Mother: Psycho; 9 Beyond the Family Nexus: Topaz, Frenzy, Family Plot; 10 After Hitchcock; Notes; Index |
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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 leadi |
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UNINA9910694066603321 |
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The National Preparedness System : what are we preparing for? : hearing before the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, April 14, 2005 |
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1 online resource (v, 139 p.) : ill |
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Emergency management - United States |
Terrorism - Prevention - Government policy - United States |
National security - United States |
Natural disasters - United States - Planning |
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