Exploring the common ground: Sensus communis, humor and the interpretation of comic poetry

Journal of Literary Semantics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-167

  Pettersson, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 34248711399     PISSN: 03417638     EISSN: 16133838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jlse.2004.33.2.155     Document Type: Review

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