In:Style and Reader Response: Minds, media, methods
Edited by Alice Bell, Sam Browse, Alison Gibbons and David Peplow
[Linguistic Approaches to Literature 36] 2021
► pp. 217–230
Chapter 12
Postscript
Toward a reconciliation of empirical traditions in the investigation of reading and literature
Published online: 8 February 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/lal.36.12kui
https://doi.org/10.1075/lal.36.12kui
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Overview
- 3.Conclusion
Notes References
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