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Jan Plamper The History of Emotions:

An Interview with William Reddy, Barbara Rosenwein, and Peter Stearns

[a stampa in "History and Theory”, 49 (May 2010), pp. 237-265 @ dell’ autore, distribuito in formato digitale da “Reti Medievali”] si veda anche http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2303.2010.00541.x

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History and Theory 49 (May 2010), 237-265 © Wesleyan University 2010 ISSN: 0018-2656

THE HISTORY OF EMOTIONS: AN INTERVIEW WITH

WILLIAM REDDY, BARBARA ROSENWEIN, AND PETER STEARNS

JAN PLAMPER1

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