Although epilepsy was known to Hippocrates, there is a strange lack of precision in our know-ledge, not only of its mtiology, but of the mental disturbances associate(1 with it. Carvers has suggested that anatomical, physiological, psychological and other factors may all contribute to the production of the epileptic syndrome. In what we know of the mentality of epileptics there is much that see...

Using Lady Caroline Lamb as a case study, this essay models book historical approach to the author function and introduces concept of recuperative materiality—repairing one’s reputation through circulation material objects. It resituates within broad media context highlights her diverse creative output in sheet music, literary annuals, illustrations children’s books, an account book. These obje...

DOES money buy happiness? This week, Senator Byron Dorgan, Democrat of North Dakota, will join a long line of people who have taken serious stabs at trying to answer that thorny question. He will hold a hearing exploring whether traditional economic measures like per-capita income accurately capture people's sense of well-being. This has long been a contested issue. Although everyone concedes t...

Jessie Dezutter, KU Leuven, Belgium Alan S. Waterman, The College of New Jersey, USA Seth J. Schwartz, University of Miami, USA Koen Luyckx, KU Leuven, Belgium Wim Beyers, Ghent University, Belgium Alan Meca, Florida International University, USA Su Yeong Kim, University of Texas, USA Susan Krauss Whitbourne, University of Massachusetts, USA Byron L. Zamboanga, Smith College, USA Richard M. Lee...