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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Jane Eyre's Helen Burns: "[My thoughts] continually rove away"
- Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies
- Liverpool University Press
- Volume 11, Issue 4, 2017
- pp. 443-459
- Article
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Abstract
Abstract:
The article argues that Helen Burns, in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, displays symptoms consistent with the inattentive presentation of ADHD. The article further identifies a continuity between Helen's treatment in the novel and present-day perceptions of women with ADHD.
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