The implicit erasure of “literary experience” in empirical studies of literature: Comment on “The Scientific study of literary experience: Sampling the state of the art” by Arthur Jacobs

Kuiken, Don

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The implicit erasure of “literary experience” in empirical studies of literature

Comment on “The Scientific study of literary experience: Sampling the state of the art” by Arthur Jacobs

Don Kuiken | Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Canada

Published online: 28 July 2016

https://doi.org/10.1075/ssol.5.2.02kui

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