Classical Vertigo: Mythic Shapes and Contemporary Influences in Hitchcock’s Film

by: Mark Padilla (Author)

Publisher: Lexington Books

Publication Date: 15 Mar. 2024

Language: English

Print Length: 342 pages

ISBN-10: 1666915912

ISBN-13: 9781666915914

Book Description

In Classical Vertigo, Padilla analyzes narrative figures and themes of classical mythology within Hitchock’s Vertigo to demonstrate that the film is a multifaceted work of intertextuality with artistic and cultural roots extending into antiquity itself.