Cork University Press All on show: the circus in irish literature and culture from joyce to heaney, hardcover/lybeck

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Description All on Show takes the circus in literature as its theme.

The book introduces readers to the obscure history of the circus and travelling entertainment in Ireland while contextualising celebrated works by major writers of the twentieth century including Conaire, Joyce, Yeats, Friel and Heaney.

It uses theories of performance to explore how and why writers might turn to the world of the circus for inspiration as they confront issues of politics, national identity, gen.