Jane Eyre between the Wars

The profession of the author : Abstraction , advertising , and Jane Eyre

A Comparison of Jane Eyre and the Harry Potter Books as Novels of Development

Although written during different centuries, both Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter books follow the protagonist’s journeys from childhood to adulthood, which is why they are both often described as novels of development. This essay therefore aims to compare the protagonists’ development, looking at the differences and similarities which can be found when analysing the...

Did the “Woman in the Attic” in Jane Eyre Have Huntington Disease?

BACKGROUND References to neurologic disorders are frequently found in fictional literature and may precede description in the medical literature. AIM Our aim was to compare Charlotte Brontë's depiction of Bertha Mason in Jane Eyre to the tenets set forth in George Huntington's original essay "On chorea" with the hypothesis that Mason was displaying features of Huntington disease. RESULTS Ch...

Blood transfusion between the wars.

This article examines the introduction of blood transfusion into general practice from the end of the First World War to the Second World War. Developments during most of this period were not the result of new discoveries but rather the spread of ideas and the establishment of donor organizations to secure an adequate blood supply. The identification, testing, and organization of potential dono...

Italian Mathematics between the Two World Wars