Hitchcock's Magic
Distributed for University of Wales Press
Decades after Alfred Hitchcock’s death, his work continues to draw passionate responses and critical acclaim. With Hitchcock’s Magic, Neil Badmington takes a new look at Hitchcock’s body of work to try to figure out just what it is that makes them so lasting—and why their influence has been so pervasive. Featuring detailed analyses of a number of Hitchcock’s most successful films, including Psycho, Rear Window, and The Birds, and drawing on the insights of poststructuralist theory, Hitchcock’s Magic is an innovative contribution to the never-ending discussion of the master of suspense.
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Hitchcock’s Magic; or, How I Starred in Saboteur
1. Ps/zycho
2. Frame Tale: Rear Window and the Promise of Vision
3. SpectRebecca
4. Stories of ‘O’: North by Northwest and The Man Who Knew Too Much
5. The Animals Who Knew Too Much: The Zoopoetics of The Birds
Postscript: Into the Mystery
Appendix: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Literature and Literary Criticism: American and Canadian Literature
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