The Locator -- [(subject = "Hitchcock Alfred--1899-1980--Criticism and interpretation")]

105 records matched your query       


Record 13 | Previous Record | MARC Display | Next Record | Search Results
Author:
Gehring, Wes D. author.
Title:
Hitchcock and humor : modes of comedy in twelve defining films / Wes D. Gehring.
Publisher:
McFarland & CompanyInc., Publishers,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
vii, 282 pages ; 23 cm
Subject:
Hitchcock, Alfred,--1899-1980--Criticism and interpretation.
Hitchcock, Alfred,--1899-1980.
Comedy films--History and criticism.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Blackmail -- The man who knew too much -- The 39 steps -- Secret agent -- The lady vanishes -- Mr. & Mrs. Smith -- Shadow of a doubt -- Rope -- Strangers on a train -- Rear window -- The trouble with Harry -- North by northwest -- Epilogue, and thoughts on Psycho.
Summary:
"A recent critic described Woody Allen's Manhattan Murder Mystery as "a kind of rear window for retirees." As this quote suggests, we are beyond time to examine Alfred Hitchcock's use of various types of comedy in his films.Hitchcock films used assorted types of comedy (such as black humor, parody, personality, screwball, and romantic ), to entertain us"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
147667356X
9781476673561
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1089258163
LCCN:
2019002679
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

Initiate Another SILO Locator Search

This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.