Lynne Vallone is professor of English and childhood studies at Rutgers University. She has written and co-edited several books, including Becoming Victoria and The Norton Anthology of Children’s Literature. She lives in Riverton, NJ.
“A compelling and innovative account of why size matters. . .
Brings much-needed height and breadth to a neglected field.”—Louisa
Yates, THES
"A pleasure to read. Vallone constantly pushes her inquiries beyond
period- or genre-boundaries to ask broad questions that concern us
all, as human beings as well as professional specialists. Big
& Small should rank alongside the best, most far-reaching
studies of childhood and human culture available today."—Professor
Rachel Falconer, University of Lausanne
"Size matters. Whether our bodies are classed as "ordinary" or
"extraordinary", such evaluations have a major impact on how we
move through the world. Lynne Vallone's mediations on bodily size
are both delightful and insightful. She has a formidable grasp of
literary, scientific, and historical approaches to bodies, which
she tackles with political as well as personal engagement. I loved
reading this book."—Professor Joanna Bourke, Birkbeck, University
of London.
"Big and Small is a fascinating and innovative work which deals
with a topic we tend to overlook – size and human measure. Through
a careful and thorough analysis of literature, art, and science
from the eighteenth century to the present Vallone demonstrates
that size matters in all aspects of our lives. Convincing and
highly significant, her book will change our views of how we
determine all aspects and values of bodies."—Jack Zipes, University
of Minnesota
"Vallone’s skill in moving between divergent bodies of material
with such assured interdisciplinary gusto means that this is
something of a magnum opus: the type of major scholarly achievement
that only the best kind of critical mind is capable of producing
after years of searching inquiry into a very broad range of sources
drawn from literature, art history, sociology, and gender studies.
An outstanding and resourceful work."—Prof. Joseph
Bristow, Distinguished Professor of English, University of
California, Los Angeles
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