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Was Alfred Hitchcock a cynical trifler with his audience's emotions, as he liked to pretend? Or was he a profoundly humane artist? This book shows that his movies convey an affectionate, hopeful understanding of human nature and the redemptive possibilities of love.

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"Deserves a place alongside the most provocative and incisive Hitchcock criticism of the decade."--Choice "Brill argues his case ingeniously and goes a long way to explaining why Hitchcock was such a tease: he loved to scare us before leading us by the hand back to a world where dragons do not exist--except in the dark of the cinema."--David Coward, The [London] Times Literary Supplement "Brill argues his case persuasively in a knowledgeable analysis of Hitchcock's work."--George L. George, American Cinematographer

The Hitchcock Romance Love and Irony in

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 21 January 1991
      ISBN-13 9780691002866
      978-0691002866
      ISBN-10 069100286X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Was Alfred Hitchcock a cynical trifler with his audience's emotions, as he liked to pretend? Or was he a profoundly humane artist? This book shows that his movies convey an affectionate, hopeful understanding of human nature and the redemptive possibilities of love.

      Trade Review
      "Deserves a place alongside the most provocative and incisive Hitchcock criticism of the decade."--Choice "Brill argues his case ingeniously and goes a long way to explaining why Hitchcock was such a tease: he loved to scare us before leading us by the hand back to a world where dragons do not exist--except in the dark of the cinema."--David Coward, The [London] Times Literary Supplement "Brill argues his case persuasively in a knowledgeable analysis of Hitchcock's work."--George L. George, American Cinematographer

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