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Hitchcock: Centenary Essays
S.Ishii Gonzales (Ed.)
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Description for Hitchcock: Centenary Essays
Paperback. Born in 1899, Alfred Hitchcock directed 57 films in a fifty year career that spanned the history of the moving image, from the silent era to stereo sound, black-and white to Technicolor, widescreen to television, and from Europe to Hollywood. This book displays the range and breadth of Hitchcock scholarship. Editor(s): Allen, Richard; Gonzales, S. Ishii. Num Pages: 380 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 710.
This collection of essays displays the range and breadth of Hitchcock scholarship and assesses the significance of his body of work as a bridge between the fin de siecle culture of the 19th century and the 20th century. It engages with Hitchcock's characteristic formal and aesthetic preoccupations.
This collection of essays displays the range and breadth of Hitchcock scholarship and assesses the significance of his body of work as a bridge between the fin de siecle culture of the 19th century and the 20th century. It engages with Hitchcock's characteristic formal and aesthetic preoccupations.
Product Details
Publisher
British Film Institute
Number of pages
380
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Number of Pages
380
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780851707365
SKU
V9780851707365
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99-10
About S.Ishii Gonzales (Ed.)
BARBARA CAINE is Professor of Historyat Monash University, Australia. She has published extensively in the area of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century history and biography.
Reviews for Hitchcock: Centenary Essays
"An excellent overview of the relationship between biography and history, and the underlying debates." - Melanie Nolan, National Centre for Biography, Australian National University, Australia "Historical biography is a topic which historians have neglected for far too long, and this incisive and thought-provoking survey fills a real gap in the literature." - Jane Ridley, University of Buckingham, UK