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

• Autore: Cohen Paula Marantz <1953->
• Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1995; ©1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43/0233/092
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Alfred Hitchcock
• ISBN: 0-8131-0850-0; 0-8131-5779-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821099503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II