Clues (2013) - Adapting Poe, Adapting Hitchcock: Robert Bloch in the Shadow of Hitchcock's Television Empire

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• article: Adapting Poe, Adapting Hitchcock: Robert Bloch in the Shadow of Hitchcock's Television Empire
• author(s): Carl H. Sederholm & Dennis R. Perry
• journal: Clues (01/Apr/2013)
• issue: volume 31, issue 1, page 91
• journal ISSN: 0742-4248
• publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc
• keywords: Motion picture directors & producers, Short stories, Television programs

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Abstract

Alfred Hitchcock's television programs challenged adaptors to transfer his style and persona to the small screen. Robert Bloch invoked his own and Hitchcock's deep interest in Poe to create episodes that tended to be more dark, ironic, and psychologically edgy than others. Bloch's teleplays of "A Home Away from Home" and "Annabel" draw from Poe's dark themes and Hitchcock's macabre playfulness. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]