Literary notes about cranium (AI summary)
The term "cranium" has been employed in literature with a variety of nuances, ranging from its literal anatomical reference to a component in vivid narrative imagery. In some contexts, such as in Jules Verne's work, the word is used graphically to underscore physical trauma and human vulnerability, as when a cranium is shattered to expose the brain ([1]). In a different instance in the same work, it contributes to the bizarre and fantastical description of Captain Nemo's elaborate headgear, blending the literal with the imaginative ([2]). Beyond the realm of narrative fiction, "cranium" appears in more technical or classificatory texts; J.M. Barrie and Edgar Thurston employ the term within discussions of biological taxonomy and anthropological difference ([3], [4]). Its usage even extends into language studies, as seen in Spanish lexical references ([5]), and into philosophical reflections on the physicality of human conflict, highlighted in Henri Bergson's work where crania become targets in a stylized act of combat ([6]).