‘Vertige de l'hyperbole ’: the humours of the High-Rise

Autor: Mark Blacklock
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Critical Quarterly. 58:90-95
ISSN: 0011-1562
DOI: 10.1111/criq.12246
Popis: This essay assesses and compares the distinct comic registers of Wheatley’s adaptation and Ballard’s novel High-Rise. To understand how Wheatley’s adaptation has coarsened Ballard’s very particular take on the deadpan, it looks to the theories of Sigmund Freud and Paul de Man.
Databáze: OpenAIRE