1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460424203321

Autore

Cohen Paula Marantz <1953->

Titolo

Alfred Hitchcock : the legacy of Victorianism / / Paula Marantz Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1995

©1995

ISBN

0-8131-0850-0

0-8131-5779-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/0233/092

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-187) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910694066603321

Titolo

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

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (v, 139 p.) : ill

Soggetti

Emergency management - United States

Terrorism - Prevention - Government policy - United States

National security - United States

Natural disasters - United States - Planning

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia