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Classical myth in four films of Alfred Hitchcock / Mark William Padilla.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Padilla, Mark William, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980--Criticism and interpretation.
- Hitchcock, Alfred.
- Myth in motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2016.
- Summary:
- This 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.
- Contents:
- 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 Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 14, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 1-4985-2916-X
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