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Circus as Multimodal Discourse: Performance, Meaning, and Ritual. By Paul Bouissac. London: Bloomsbury, 2014. Pp. 216 + 38 illus. £80 Hb; £79.99 Eb; £24.99 Pb. - The Greatest Shows On Earth: A History of the Circus. By Linda Simon. London: Reaktion Books, 2014. Pp. 296 + 136 illus. £29/$40 Hb.

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Circus as Multimodal Discourse: Performance, Meaning, and Ritual. By Paul Bouissac. London: Bloomsbury, 2014. Pp. 216 + 38 illus. £80 Hb; £79.99 Eb; £24.99 Pb.
The Greatest Shows On Earth: A History of the Circus. By Linda Simon. London: Reaktion Books, 2014. Pp. 296 + 136 illus. £29/$40 Hb.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2016

Katharine Kavanagh
Katharine Kavanagh*
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independent scholar, circus@katharinekavanagh.com
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Theatre Research International , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , March 2016 , pp. 92 - 93
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Copyright © International Federation for Theatre Research 2016 

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