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Must We Kill the Thing We Love?: Emersonian Perfectionism and the Films of Alfred Hitchcock (Film and Culture Series)
Must We Kill the Thing We Love Emersonian Perfectionism and the Films of Alfred Hitchcock - Film and Culture Series
Author: William Rothman
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 comb...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780231166027
ISBN-10: 0231166028
Publication Date: 4/8/2014
Pages: 352
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Publisher: Columbia University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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