 | Hitchcock’s Cryptonymies: Volume I. Secret Agents Subjects: Hitchcock Alfred 1899–1980 -- Criticism and interpretation; Spy films -- History and criticism; War films -- History and criticism; This first volume of HitchcockOCOs Cryptonymies provides a singularly close reading of The Lady Vanishes, Spellbound, and North by Northwest, exposing the visual and aural puns, graphic elements, and cryptograms that traverse his entire body of work. Within HitchcockOCOs cinema, Tom Cohen argues, these secret agents have more than just symbolic significance; they also reflect and disrupt traditional cinematic practice." |
