Exploring the paradox of sad-film enjoyment: The role of multiple appraisals and meta-appraisals

Poetics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 319-335

  Schramm, Holger ^a   Wirth, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77952744419     PISSN: 0304422X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.poetic.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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