Conceptual Suspense in Hitchcock's Films

Book chapter

A Companion to Alfred Hitchcock, pp 126-137

08 Apr 2011

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conceptual suspense ‐ in Hitchcock's films

conceptual suspense, films continuing ‐ to be suspenseful

family model, Hitchcock presenting in Shadow of a Doubt ‐ stylized version of his own family, and culture he worked

film like Shadow of a Doubt ‐ sustaining suspense, with great mastery and delicacy

Hitchcock's last film, Family Plot ‐ discarding family idea, conceptual suspense

Hitchcock, laying groundwork for distinctions ‐ difference between surprise and suspense

Shadow of a Doubt, film about fate of an institution ‐ and fate of individual characters

suspense, by contrast, which Hitchcock saw ‐ as more central to his films

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Title: Conceptual Suspense in Hitchcock's Films
Creators: Paula Marantz Cohen - Drexel University, USA
Paula Marantz Cohen - Pennoni Honors College (2003-)
Contributors: Thomas Leitch (Editor) - University of Delaware, USA
Leland Poague (Editor) - Iowa State University, USA
Publication Details: A Companion to Alfred Hitchcock, pp 126-137
Publisher: Wiley‐Blackwell; Oxford, UK
Number of pages: 12
Resource Type: Book chapter
Language: English
Academic Unit: Pennoni Honors College
Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84887178199
Other Identifier: 991019173857904721