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“Vermeer” by Tomas Tranströmer, or a Painter on a Poet’s Couch

Katarzyna Szewczyk-Haake
Scandinavian Studies, June 2026, 98 (2) 88-109; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/sca.98.2.88
Katarzyna Szewczyk-Haake
Katarzyna Szewczyk-Haake a Professor in the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland).
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vol. 98 no. 2 88-109
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https://doi.org/10.3368/sca.98.2.88
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  1. Katarzyna Szewczyk-Haake (haaczyk{at}amu.edu.pl) a Professor in the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland).
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Katarzyna Szewczyk-Haake
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