Hitchcock’s Magic
Distributed for University of Wales Press
208 pages
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7 halftones
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5 1/2 x 8 1/2
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© 2011
- Contents
- Review Quotes
Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Hitchcock’s Magic; or, How I Starred in Saboteur
1. Ps/zycho
2. Frame Tale: Rear Window and the Promise of Vision
3. SpectRebecca
4. Stories of ‘O’: North by Northwest and The Man Who Knew Too Much
5. The Animals Who Knew Too Much: The Zoopoetics of The Birds
Postscript: Into the Mystery
Appendix: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock
Notes
Bibliography
Index
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Hitchcock’s Magic; or, How I Starred in Saboteur
1. Ps/zycho
2. Frame Tale: Rear Window and the Promise of Vision
3. SpectRebecca
4. Stories of ‘O’: North by Northwest and The Man Who Knew Too Much
5. The Animals Who Knew Too Much: The Zoopoetics of The Birds
Postscript: Into the Mystery
Appendix: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Review Quotes
Nick Haeffner, London Metropolitan University
“If you’re wondering whether the world needs another book on Hitchcock’s films, the answer is a resounding yes. Hitchcock’s Magic is a lively and engaging return to Hitchcock’s corpus. Through detailed readings of both major and minor films, Badmington demonstrates a playful ability to re-enchant them for us as objects of continuing fascination. His rejection of psychoanalysis and creative re-engagement with the work of Barthes and Derrida helps to open these texts to new and sometimes surprising interpretations that send us back to the films themselves with renewed admiration for their magic touch.”
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