Introduction: drawing a new circle
The wilde-er side of life
Accomplices in murder
"I don't like murderers"
Little deaths
"The time to make up your mind about people is never"
"But may I trust you?"
Silence and stasis
Talking vs. living
Two things to ponder
The dark side of the moon
Scottie's dream, Judy's plan, Madeleine's revenge
Never again?
A loveless world
Birds of a feather
A mother's love
Every story has an ending
Conclusion: Emerson, film, Hitchcock.
Must we kill the thing we love? : Emersonian perfectionism and the films of Alfred Hitchcock by William Rothman. ISBN 9780231166034. Published by Columbia University Press in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.