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Allen, Richard, 1959–
Hitchcock’s romantic irony / Richard Allen.
p. cm.—(Film and culture)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-231-13574-0 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-231-13575-7
(pbk. : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-231-50967-1 (ebook)
1. Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899–1980—Criticism and interpretation. I. Title. II. Series.
PN1998.3.H58A73 2007
791.4302’33092—dc22
2007012808
A Columbia University Press E-book.
Reproduction of color stills was made possible with a generous grant from the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.
Portions of the following work have been published in slightly different form and are reprinted with the permission of the editors and publishers: “Hitchcock, or the Pleasures of Metaskepticism," October 89 (Summer 1999): 69–86; “The Lodger and the Origins of Hitchcock’s Aesthetic," Hitchcock Annual (2001–2002): 38–78; “Hitchcock and Narrative Suspense: Theory and Practice," in Richard Allen and Malcolm Turvey, eds., Camera Obscura, Camera Lucida: Essays in Honor of Annette Michelson (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2003); “Daphne du Maurier and Alfred Hitchcock," in Robert Stam and Alessandra Raengo, eds., A Companion to Film and Literature (New York: Blackwell, 2004), 298–325; and “Sir John and the Half-Caste: Identity and Representation in Hitchcocks’s Murder!," Hitchcock Annual 13 (2004–2005): 92–126.