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The Soundscape of Jakob Wegelius's The Murderer's Ape

Anne Berit Lyngstad and Tatjana Kielland Samoilow
Scandinavian Studies, October 2024, 96 (4) 21-44; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/sca.96.4.21
Anne Berit Lyngstad
Anne Berit Lyngstad is Associate Professor of Norwegian Didactics at the University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Norway.
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Tatjana Kielland Samoilow
Tatjana Kielland Samoilow is a Professor of Norwegian Didactics at the University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Norway.
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