Mark William Padilla

Classical Myth in Four Films of Alfred Hitchcock

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 550g
• ISBN-13: 9781498529174
• ISBN-10: 1498529178
• Artikelnr.: 54613173

Autorenporträt

Mark W. Padilla is distinguished professor of classical studies at Christopher Newport University

Inhaltsangabe

The Feature Films of Alfred Hitchcock Illustrations Preface Introduction
One: Hestia's Hearths and the Judgment of Paris in The Farmer's Wife Two:
Eleusinian Mysteries and Heroic Catabasis in the 1934 The Man Who Knew Too
Much Three: The Heroine Pattern of Cupid and Psyche in Rebecca Four:
Crisscrossing Strangers on a Train with the Homeric Hymn to Hermes Appendix
Story Summaries