Literary precocity: An exceptional case among exceptional cases

Roeper Review

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 185-194

  Edmunds, Alan L ^a   Noel, Kathryn A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Nova Scotia Department of Education   (Canada)

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EID: 68349102409     PISSN: 02783193     EISSN: 1940865X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02783190309554227     Document Type: Article

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