Theoretical positions and empirical research: What we know about reading poetry

Hanauer, David I.

doi:10.1075/upal.35.08han

In:The Psychology and Sociology of Literature: In honor of Elrud Ibsch
Edited by Dick Schram and Gerard J. Steen
[Utrecht Publications in General and Comparative Literature 35] 2001
► pp. 107–128

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What we know about reading poetry

Theoretical positions and empirical research

David I. Hanauer | Tel-Aviv University

Published online: 21 December 2001

https://doi.org/10.1075/upal.35.08han

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