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Hitchcock's Magic.
Why are we drawn to the work of Alfred Hitchcock so long after his final film appeared? What is the source of Hitchcock's magic? This book answers these questions by focussing upon the films themselves, upon how they hold our attention by constantly withholding something from us. Combining clos...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cardiff :
University of Wales Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Why are we drawn to the work of Alfred Hitchcock so long after his final film appeared? What is the source of Hitchcock's magic? This book answers these questions by focussing upon the films themselves, upon how they hold our attention by constantly withholding something from us. Combining close analysis of a number of Hitchcock's most famous films with more general discussion his work, the volume takes issue with the biographical and psychoanalytic approaches that have dominated studies of Hitchcock's films to argue instead for the significance of textuality. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (222 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index. Filmography: pages 149-151. |
| ISBN: | 9780708323717 0708323715 1299200958 9781299200951 9781783164516 1783164514 |