01962nam 2200433 450 991079879610332120170924173806.01-4985-2916-X(CKB)3710000000851187(EBL)4670375(MiAaPQ)EBC4670375(EXLCZ)99371000000085118720160914h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierClassical myth in four films of Alfred Hitchcock /Mark William PadillaLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2016.©20161 online resource (337 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4985-2917-8 1-4985-2915-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; The Feature Films of Alfred Hitchcock; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One. Hestia's Hearths and the Judgment of Paris in The Farmer's Wife; Chapter Two. Eleusinian Mysteries and Heroic Catabasis in the 1934 The Man Who Knew Too Much; Chapter Three. The Heroine Pattern of Cupid and Psyche in Rebecca; Chapter Four. Crisscrossing Strangers on a Train with the Homeric Hymn to Hermes; Appendix. Story Summaries; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorThis book explores the themes and symbols of classical myth and literature reflected in Alfred Hitchcock's films. Mark W. Padilla examines the classical resonances of four movies, one from each of the filmmaker's first decades.Myth in motion picturesMyth in motion pictures.791.430233092Padilla Mark William1581113MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798796103321Classical myth in four films of Alfred Hitchcock3862462UNINA