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Author:

Perry, Dennis R.

Title:

Hitchcock and Poe : the legacy of delight and terror / Dennis R. Perry.

Publisher:

Scarecrow Press,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

xvii, 221 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Hitchcock, Alfred,--1899---Criticism and interpretation.
Poe, Edgar Allan,--1809-1849--Criticism and interpretation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-216) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Hitchcock and Poe: eureka and hitchcock's canon -- Ratiocination: original unity: "The purloined letter" and murder -- Apocalypse: crises of fragmentation: "The masque of the red death" and The birds -- Inexplicable predicaments: diffusion from the center: "The pit and the pendulum" and North by northwest -- Doubles: the universe of others: "William Wilson" and Strangers on a train -- Imps of the perverse: diffusion from the self: "The tell-tale heart" and Rope -- Voyeurism: eyes of the perverse: "A mAn of the crowd" and Rear window -- Romantic obsession: return to transcendence: "The fall of the house of Usher" and Vertigo -- Humor and horror: collapsing into unity: "Ligeia" and The 39 steps.

Series:

Filmakers series

ISBN:

9780810848221 (alk. paper)
0810848228 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52047240

LCCN:

2003008249

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)