The introduction gives an overview of Hitchcock's long career, with special attention to the varied influences on his work; themes that run through many of his films, from the 'transference of guilt', to the connection between knowledge and danger; the overlooked importance of his presence within his films, including his famous cameo appearances and characters who represent him...(展开全部)

The introduction gives an overview of Hitchcock's long career, with special attention to the varied influences on his work; themes that run through many of his films, from the 'transference of guilt', to the connection between knowledge and danger; the overlooked importance of his presence within his films, including his famous cameo appearances and characters who represent him...(展开全部)

The classic story of tiny Pod, Homily, and Arrietty Clock, who live under the kitchen floorboards and borrow from "human beans," has charmed readers for fifty years. To celebrate the golden anniversary of Mary Norton's timelessly popular tale, Harcourt presents this handsome gift edition. Features include a new foreword by renowned children's book author, historian, and critic ...(展开全部)

The classic, Edgar Award-winning biography, published to celebrate the centenary of Hitchcock's birth with a new introduction by the author. This is the definitive life story of Alfred Hitchcock, the enigmatic and intensely private director of Psycho, Vertigo, Rear Window, The Birds, and more than forty other films. While setting forth every stage of Hitchcock's long life an...(展开全部)

Any book-length interview with Alfred Hitchcock is valuable, but considering that this volume's interlocutor is François Truffaut, the conversation is remarkable indeed. Here is a rare opportunity to eavesdrop on two cinematic masters from very different backgrounds as they cover each of Hitch's films in succession. Though this book was initially published in 1967 when Hitchcoc...(展开全部)

D. A. 米勒（D. A. Miller），加州大学伯克利分校英文系约翰•F. 霍奇斯（John F. Hotchkis）教授，其他著述有《简•奥斯丁，或风格的秘密》（2003）等，他还为《电影季刊》撰写专栏。

A Beautiful Monograph Illuminating the Iconic Images of one of the Most Central and Influential Photographers of the Twentieth Century. Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) was a key figure in America's acceptance of photography as a serious form of artistic expression. As founder of the Photo Secession movement and editor of the influential Camera Work, he is one of the most im...(展开全部)

In 1858, Alfred Russel Wallace, aged thirty-five, weak with malaria, isolated in the Spice Islands, wrote to Charles Darwin: he had, he said excitedly, worked out a theory of natural selection. Darwin was aghast - his work of decades was about to be scooped. Within two weeks, his outline and Wallace's paper were presented jointly in London. A year later, with Wallace still on t...(展开全部)

索尔·贝娄（Saul Bellow，1915-2005）美国作家。生于加拿大魁北克省的拉辛，在蒙特利尔度过童年。1924年，举家迁至美国芝加哥。父亲是从俄国移居来的犹大商人，贝娄是家中四个孩子中最年幼的一个。1933年，贝娄考入芝加哥大学。两年后，转入伊利诺斯州埃文斯顿的西北大学，获得社会学和人类学学士学位。同年，赴麦迪威的威斯康星大学攻读硕士学位。自1938年以来，除当过编辑和记者，并于二次大战期间在海上短期服过役外，他长期在芝加哥等几所大学执教。现任芝加哥大学教授和社会思想委员会主席。 从1941年到1987年的4O余年间，贝娄共出版了9部长篇小说。早期创作有结构优美的《挂起来的人》（1944）、《受害者）（1947），颇为评论界注目。《奥吉·马奇历险记》（1953）的出版，使他一举成名，奠定了他的文学地位。由于他把“丰富多彩的流浪汉小说与当代文...(展开全部)

索尔·贝娄（Saul Bellow，1915-2005）美国作家。生于加拿大魁北克省的拉辛，在蒙特利尔度过童年。1924年，举家迁至美国芝加哥。父亲是从俄国移居来的犹大商人，贝娄是家中四个孩子中最年幼的一个。1933年，贝娄考入芝加哥大学。两年后，转入伊利诺斯州埃文斯顿的西北大学，获得社会学和人类学学士学位。同年，赴麦迪威的威斯康星大学攻读硕士学位。自1938年以来，除当过编辑和记者，并于二次大战期间在海上短期服过役外，他长期在芝加哥等几所大学执教。现任芝加哥大学教授和社会思想委员会主席。 从1941年到1987年的4O余年间，贝娄共出版了9部长篇小说。早期创作有结构优美的《挂起来的人》（1944）、《受害者）（1947），颇为评论界注目。《奥吉·马奇历险记》（1953）的出版，使他一举成名，奠定了他的文学地位。由于他把“丰富多彩的流浪汉小说与当代文...(展开全部)