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‘ Vertige de l'hyperbole ’: the humours of the High‐Rise
Author(s) -
Blacklock Mark
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
critical quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1467-8705
pISSN - 0011-1562
DOI - 10.1111/criq.12246
Subject(s) - hyperbole , citation , criticism , history , art , humanities , literature , philosophy , library science , linguistics , computer science , metaphor
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.