Must We Kill the Thing We Love?: Emersonian Perfectionism and the Films of Alfred Hitchcock

(Part of the Film and Culture Series Series)

by William Rothman

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William Rothman argues that the driving force of Hitchcock's work was his struggle to reconcile the dark vision of his favorite Oscar Wilde quote, "Each man kills the thing he loves," with the quintessentially American philosophy, articulated in Emerson's writings, that gave classical Hollywood movies of the New Deal era their extraordinary combination of popularity and artistic seriousness.

A Hitchcock thriller could be a comedy of remarriage...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0231166036

ISBN13:9780231166034

Release Date:March 2014

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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