Author

Publication

2021 - Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.

Language

English

Word Count

84,000 words, Guess

Page Count

336 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781324002390
  • ISBN-101324002395
  • Library of Congress Control Number2020042546
  • OCLC Control Number1155067477
  • Better World Books9781324002390
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCPN1998.3.H58W545
  • LCCPN1998.3.H58 W545 2021

Description

In The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock, Edward White explores the Hitchcock phenomenon--what defines it, how it was invented, what it reveals about the man at its core, and how its legacy continues to shape our cultural world. From Hitchcock’s early work in England to his most celebrated films, White analyzes Hitchcock's oeuvre and provides new interpretations. He also delves into Hitchcock's ideas about gender; his complicated relationships with "his women" as well as leading men. White also writes movingly of Hitchcock's devotion to his wife and lifelong companion, Alma, who made vital contributions to numerous classic Hitchcock films, and burnished his mythology. He shows that the Hitchcock persona was so carefully created that Hitchcock became not only a figurehead for his own industry but nothing less than a cultural icon. -- adapted from jacket

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of SuspenseNorton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.2021-01-01

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