"Alfred Hitchcock, the "Master of Suspense", has been internationally recognized as a technical and stylistic innovator in the history of cinema. A Hitchcock Reader grows out of the editors' desire as classroom teachers for a comprehensive anthology that can be used as a critical text in introductory or advanced courses devoted to the director's films. On another level, the book provides Hitchcock scholars with an updated anthology representing the rich variety of critical response his films have evoked over the years...Hitchcock scholars, students of film criticism and theory, and film devotees, as well as anyone fascinated with the Hitchcock legacy, will find A Hitchcock Reader a provocative and stimulating anthology on the 'Master of Suspense'" --Back cover.