Table of Contents - 8[-]Acknowledgements - 14[-]Introduction - 16[-]Part I Hitchcock, Motifs and Melodrama - 24[-]Part II The Key Motifs - 56[-]BED SCENE - 58[-]CAMEO APPEARANCES - 88[-]CHILDREN - 99[-]DOGS AND CATS - 143[-]DOUBLES - 147[-]ENDINGS AND THE POLICE - 155[-]ENTRY THROUGH A WINDOW - 159[-]EXHIBITIONISM / VOYEURISM / THE LOOK - 165[-]EXHIBITIONISM / VOYEURISM - 165[-]SPY FILMS / THE LOOK - 172[-]FOOD AND MEALS - 180[-]GUILTAND CONFESSION - 202[-]HANDCUFFS AND BONDAGE - 215[-]HANDS - 221[-]HEIGHTS AND FALLING - 239[-]HOMOSEXUALITY - 249[-]JEWELLERY - 263[-]KEYS AND HANDBAGS - 270[-]KEYS - 271[-]HANDBAGS - 278[-]LIGHT(S) - 287[-]THE MACGUFFIN - 297[-]MOTHERS AND HOUSES - 308[-]PORTRAITS, PAINTINGS AND PAINTERS - 320[-]PORTRAITS - 321[-]PAINTINGS - 328[-]PAINTERS - 330[-]PUBLIC DISTURBANCES - 336[-]SPECTACLES - 345[-]STAIRCASES - 351[-]TRAINS AND BOATS / PLANES AND BUSES - 374[-]TRAINS - 375[-]BOATS - 379[-]PLANES - 382[-]BUSES - 385[-]WATER AND RAIN - 389[-]WATER - 389[-]RAIN - 394[-]BED SCENE - 403[-]CHILDREN - 404[-]CONFINED SPACES - 406[-]THE CORPSE - 408[-]DOUBLES - 409[-]FOOD AND MURDER / ENDINGS AND THE POLICE - 411[-]LIGHTS - 413[-]BOATS - 415[-]Appendix II: Articles on Hitchcock's motifs - 417[-]Appendix III: Definitions - 419[-]Diegesis - 419[-]Point-of-view editing - 419[-]References - 422[-]Filmography - 432[-]List of illustrations - 464[-]Index of Hitchcock's films and their motifs - 468[-]General Index - 482[-]
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