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Unhappy Texts?

A Gendered and Computational Rereading of the Modern Breakthrough

Kirstine Nielsen Degn, Jens Bjerring-Hansen, Ali Al-Laith and Daniel Hershcovich
Scandinavian Studies, January 2025, 97 (1) 1-24; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/sca.97.1.1
Kirstine Nielsen Degn
Kirstine Nielsen Degn is a PhD-Fellow at the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics at the University of Copenhagen.
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Jens Bjerring-Hansen is Associate Professor of Scandinavian Literature at the University of Copenhagen and Professor II at the University of Bergen.
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vol. 97 no. 1 1-24
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https://doi.org/10.3368/sca.97.1.1
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  • Published online January 14, 2025.
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  1. Kirstine Nielsen Degn
  1. Kirstine Nielsen Degn is a PhD-Fellow at the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics at the University of Copenhagen. (knd{at}hum.ku.dk)
  1. Jens Bjerring-Hansen
  1. Jens Bjerring-Hansen is Associate Professor of Scandinavian Literature at the University of Copenhagen and Professor II at the University of Bergen. (jbh{at}hum.ku.dk)
  1. Ali Al-Laith
  1. Ali Al-Laith is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics at the University of Copenhagen. (alal{at}di.ku.dk)
  1. Daniel Hershcovich
  1. Daniel Hershcovich is Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Copenhagen. (dh{at}di.ku.dk)
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