The "Other" Women in Jane Eyre

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

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...

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...

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Reviews Congenital absence of the portal vein—Case report and a review of literature (pages 750–758) Original Communications Three-dimensional morphometry of the A2 segment of the anterior cerebral artery with neurosurgical relevance (pages 759–769) Blood supply of the inferior turbinate and its clinical applications (pages 770–776) A cadaveric study of auricular lymphatics and implications for...

In Memoriam: Jane Wilhelms

I had the pleasure of working with Jane Wilhelms, who was one of my doctoral students from 1981 to 1985. One of the intellectual delights of working with Jane was that she had an unusual educational background. I recall vividly that, instead of a predictable background in computer science, she brought an education in zoology and biology. Her undergraduate zoology degree was from the University ...