Book description
The most comprehensive volume ever published on Alfred Hitchcock,
covering his career and legacy as well as the broader cultural and
intellectual contexts of his work.
- Contains thirty chapters by the leading Hitchcock scholars
- Covers his long career, from his earliest contributions to other
directors' silent films to his last uncompleted last film
- Details the enduring legacy he left to filmmakers and audiences alike
Thomas Leitch is Professor of English at the
University of Delaware, where he directs the Film Studies Program. His
books include Find the Director and Other Hitchcock Games
(1991), The Encyclopedia of Alfred Hitchcock (2002), and, most
recently, Film Adaptation and Its Discontents: From Gone with
the Wind to The Passion of the Christ (2007).
Leland Poague is Professor of English at Iowa State
University. With Marshall Deutelbaum, he edited A Hitchcock
Reader (1986, 2009). His other books include Another Frank
Capra (1994), Howard Hawks (1982), and, with William
Cadbury, Film Criticism: A Counter Theory (1982).
