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1 online resource (224 pages) |
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1. A cinema based on Sabotage -- 1 -- . 'The avoidance of cliche' -- 7 -- . Reaffirming contract -- 10 -- . Who Killed Cock Robin? -- 11 -- 2. Suspense -- 16 -- . Murder!: practising the art of suspense -- 16 -- . Forms of address -- 18 -- . Patterns of suspense -- 25 -- . Suppression and surprise -- 35 -- . Suspense and surprise -- 39 -- . Rereading the text -- 43 -- 3. Humour -- 49 -- . Humour and suspense -- 49 -- . Counter voices in Rope -- 59 -- . Framed by irony -- 63 -- . A notorious form of humour? -- 69 -- 4. Mise en scene -- 76 -- . Setting the scene -- 76 -- . Point-of-view shot -- 82 -- . Objects -- 92 -- . Cameo device: Hitchcock, hunger and the single set film -- 100 -- . Music -- 104 -- 5. Tone and meaning in The Birds -- 125 -- . A very avian form of sabotage -- 125 -- . Seeing -- feeling -- knowing -- 127 -- . A bird's eye view -- 132 -- . Multiple perspectives, multiple readings -- 135. |
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Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK). WlAbNL |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Suspense in motion pictures, television, etc.
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Suspense in motion pictures, television, etc. |
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Motion pictures -- Plots, themes, etc.
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Motion pictures -- Plots, themes, etc. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| ISBN |
9781838716134 (Electronic book (EPUB format) |
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1838716130 (Electronic book (EPUB format) |
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9781838716141 (electronic book) |
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1838716149 (electronic book) |
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9780851707792 (print) |
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