Description: A thorough analysis of Alfred Hitchcock's career-long engagement with, and influence on film noir
Brief description: R. Barton Palmer is Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature Emeritus at Clemson University. He is the author, editor, or general editor of many books including Hollywood's Dark Cinema: The American Film Noir (1994), After Hitchcock: Influence, Imitation, and Intertextuality (2006), and A Little Solitaire: John Frankenheimer and American Film (2011). He is the series editor for EUP's traditions in World Cinema, Traditions in American Cinema and International Film Stars series, and he is co-editor of five recent EUP books: Michael Mann, George Cukor, Film Noir, International Noir and The Other Hollywood Renaissance.
Review Quotes: Alfred Hitchcock and Film Noir contains a wealth of stimulating intellectual pleasures. It deserves a wide readership among admirers of Hitchcock and film noir alike.--David Sterritt "Hitchcock Annual"