The circus
has been both one of the most influential forms of international
popular entertainment and yet at the same time remains almost
entirely absent from academic studies of popular theatrical forms.
This book offers readers an introduction to the cultural history of
the circus and gives an account of the dominant characteristics of
the circus's aesthetic practices and relates these to the sometimes
precarious developments, changes and variations in its economic
organization, architecture and social status.
The book
goes on to outline the particular challenges that this essentially
live, dangerous and body-centred form presents to literary and film
representation and does so through the particular examples of works
by Charles Dickens, Federico Fellini and Wim Wenders.
This
wide-ranging and accessible book offers ways of thinking about the
meaning and significance of the circus as a specifically modern form
of art and entertainment.
Condition:
Very Good. Has very small crease to right hand side of front cover. Click on image above to see close-up of book condition.
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