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What is literariness? Three components of literary reading

David S. Miall Department of English, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E5 E-mail: [email protected]
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Don Kuiken Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Pages 121-138 | Published online: 11 Nov 2009

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