“Darkness Overcomes You”: Shaun Tan and Søren Kierkegaard

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“Darkness Overcomes You” : Shaun Tan and Søren Kierkegaard. / Johansen, Martin Blok.

In: Children's Literature in Education, Vol. 46, No. 1, 2015, p. 38-52.

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Harvard

Johansen, MB 2015, '“Darkness Overcomes You”: Shaun Tan and Søren Kierkegaard', Children's Literature in Education, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 38-52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-014-9226-y

APA

Johansen, M. B. (2015). “Darkness Overcomes You”: Shaun Tan and Søren Kierkegaard. Children's Literature in Education, 46(1), 38-52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-014-9226-y

Vancouver

Johansen MB. “Darkness Overcomes You”: Shaun Tan and Søren Kierkegaard. Children's Literature in Education. 2015;46(1):38-52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-014-9226-y

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Johansen, Martin Blok. / “Darkness Overcomes You” : Shaun Tan and Søren Kierkegaard. In: Children's Literature in Education. 2015 ; Vol. 46, No. 1. pp. 38-52.

Bibtex

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