Soul in Suspense
Neil P. Hurley
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Description for Soul in Suspense
Hardback. Num Pages: 404 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 603.
Neil Hurley demonstrates Hitchcock's covert preoccupation with spiritual themes—conscience, guilt, false accusation, crises as catalysts of character development, personal romance, the salvation of nations, and the "unjustly accused." This last theme is linked in profound ways to Hitchcock's secular Christ types, who find purpose and undiscovered courage and companionship in having to disprove falsely imputed guilt in I Confess, The Wrong Man, Veritgo, North by Northwest, Psycho, The Birds, Marnie, and Frenzy. (The last three also feature feminine Christ parallels who undergo Passion/Resurrection experiences marked with visual religious clues.)
Neil Hurley demonstrates Hitchcock's covert preoccupation with spiritual themes—conscience, guilt, false accusation, crises as catalysts of character development, personal romance, the salvation of nations, and the "unjustly accused." This last theme is linked in profound ways to Hitchcock's secular Christ types, who find purpose and undiscovered courage and companionship in having to disprove falsely imputed guilt in I Confess, The Wrong Man, Veritgo, North by Northwest, Psycho, The Birds, Marnie, and Frenzy. (The last three also feature feminine Christ parallels who undergo Passion/Resurrection experiences marked with visual religious clues.)
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
Number of Pages
404
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810825260
SKU
V9780810825260
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99-15
About Neil P. Hurley
A Jesuit priest for 33 years, Fr. Neil Hurley, SJ spent 18 years studying abroad. He has written 135 articles and 5 communication books and has taught at Fordham, Notre Dame, the National and Catholic Universities of Santiago de Chile, Florida State Universitym University of San Francisco, Loyola University (New Orleans), and the Cinema/TV School, University of Southern California (1991). ... Read more
Reviews for Soul in Suspense
Hurley...puts a different spin on Hitchcock. Soul in Suspense is an unusual book, a careful, thoughtful, different look at the man who made films that stand up th anything being made today, movies that were very special, indeed.
Coast Book Review Service
...illuminated the subtext of Hitch's work with a depth that the customary glib Catholic=guilt=the movies formulation ... Read more
Coast Book Review Service
...illuminated the subtext of Hitch's work with a depth that the customary glib Catholic=guilt=the movies formulation ... Read more