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Classical Myth in Four Films of Alfred Hitchcock.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (337 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498529167
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Classical Myth in Four Films of Alfred HitchcockDDC classification:
  • 791.430233092
LOC classification:
  • PN1998.3.H58.P335 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- 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.
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.
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Intro -- 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.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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