Erotic Love: Reading Kierkegaard with and without Marion

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Erotic Love : Reading Kierkegaard with and without Marion. / Søltoft, Pia.

In: Dialog, Vol. 50, No. 1, 2011, p. 37-46.

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Søltoft, P 2011, 'Erotic Love: Reading Kierkegaard with and without Marion', Dialog, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 37-46. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6385.2010.00579.x

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Søltoft, P. (2011). Erotic Love: Reading Kierkegaard with and without Marion. Dialog, 50(1), 37-46. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6385.2010.00579.x

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Søltoft P. Erotic Love: Reading Kierkegaard with and without Marion. Dialog. 2011;50(1):37-46. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6385.2010.00579.x

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Søltoft, Pia. / Erotic Love : Reading Kierkegaard with and without Marion. In: Dialog. 2011 ; Vol. 50, No. 1. pp. 37-46.

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