<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="alignright size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="300" src="https://subtextpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/Rebecca-Cover-Final-300x300.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-2024" srcset="https://subtextpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/Rebecca-Cover-Final-300x300.jpg 300w, https://subtextpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/Rebecca-Cover-Final-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://subtextpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/Rebecca-Cover-Final-150x150.jpg 150w, https://subtextpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/Rebecca-Cover-Final-768x768.jpg 768w, https://subtextpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/Rebecca-Cover-Final-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://subtextpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/Rebecca-Cover-Final-75x75.jpg 75w, https://subtextpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/Rebecca-Cover-Final.jpg 1557w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></figure> </div> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Alfred Hitchcock’s first American film—part love story, part ghost story, part courtroom melodrama—centers on a poor, timid young woman who falls in love with wealthy aristocrat Maxim de Winter, a widower tortured over the death of his first wife. When the young woman becomes the second Mrs. De Winter and moves into Maxim’s estate, she finds her predecessor’s initials stamped all over the house, and its staff in thrall to her beautiful, vibrant memory. But at the heart of the first Mrs. De Winter’s legacy lies a rot, and just what that rot represents in the film—be it the oppressions of vitality and ambition, the wages of class mobility, the unruly desires of sexuality, or the latent evidence of civilizational decline—is our subject today. Wes &amp; Erin discuss the 1940 Best Picture winner &#8220;Rebecca,&#8221; starring Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Upcoming Episodes</strong>: Emily Dickinson, Rosemary&#8217;s Baby.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Pre-order Erin&#8217;s forthcoming book &#8220;Avail&#8221; here: <a href="http://subtextpodcast.com/avail">http://subtextpodcast.com/avail</a></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">For bonus content, become a paid subscriber at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/subtext">Patreon</a> or directly on the Apple Podcasts app. Patreon subscribers also get early access to ad-free regular episodes. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">This podcast is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Visit <a href="https://www.airwavemedia.com">AirwaveMedia.com</a> to listen and subscribe to other Airwave shows like <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-job-brain/id507938401" title="">Good Job, Brain</a> and <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/big-picture-science/id73329638?mt=2&amp;ign-mpt=uo%3D4" title="">Big Picture Science</a>.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Email&nbsp;<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&nbsp;to enquire about advertising on the podcast.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Follow:<strong> </strong><a href="https://twitter.com/enjoysubtext">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/subtextpodcast/">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://subtextpodcast.com/">Website</a></p>