tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580440583214043427.post5340677942421379260..comments2024-03-10T21:25:33.610-07:00Comments on Victorian Calendar: April 4, 1846 --- Killed by Tom Thumb?Tom Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06988424863875787910noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580440583214043427.post-6372202498214622032012-04-04T03:15:11.117-07:002012-04-04T03:15:11.117-07:00What an entertaining post! It shows that popular i...What an entertaining post! It shows that popular interest in freakery and marvels did not end in the 18th c. Readers might also be interested in <br /><br />The Little Everyman: Stature and Masculinity in Eighteenth-Century English Literature<br />Deborah Needleman Armintor<br /><br />See also my blog on cultural teratology:<br /><br />http://grotesque-observatory.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/little-everyman.htmlDr Ian McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15274889508215448048noreply@blogger.com