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Stanley Fish

Stanley Eugene Fish (born April 19, 1938) is an American literary theorist, legal scholar, author and public intellectual. He is the Floersheimer Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City. Fish has previously served as the Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor of…

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Education
University of Pennsylvania (BA) · Yale University (MA, PhD)
Born
(1938-04-19) April 19, 1938 (age 88) Providence, Rhode Island
Occupations
Literary theorist · legal scholar · author · professor
Spouse
Jane Tompkins

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Stanley Fish

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related to Further reading · 54
Stanley Fish → Albany, America's Enfant Terrible, Appendix, Cambridge University Press, Carbondale, Chapters, Chicago Press, Chris, Critical Enterprise, Demise, Ed, Essays, Fish, Fish's Speech Acts, García, Gary, Gary Olson, Georgetown Law Journal, Gustavo, Interpreted Texts
related to External links · 35
Stanley Fish → Accessed December, Archives, Audio, C-SPAN Guide, California, Criticism, Deconstruction Archived September, Editorial, Florida International University, Florida International University Law, Hugh LaFollette, Interview, Irvine, Johns Hopkins University Guide, Join FIU Law Faculty, June, Leading Professor Stanley Fish, Literary Theory, March, Press
related to Collections of works by Fish · 21
Stanley Fish → Aram Veeser, As Free Speech, Blackwell Publishers, Contrarian Reflections, Culture, Ed, Education, Good Thing, ISBN, Law, Life, London, New York, Oxford UP, Politics, Princeton, Religion, The Stanley Fish Reader, There's No Such Thing, Think Again
Occupations · 4
Stanley Fish → author, legal scholar, Literary theorist, professor
Education · 2
Stanley Fish → University of Pennsylvania (BA), Yale University (MA, PhD)
related to Literary references · 2
Stanley Fish → David Lodge, Morris Zapp
Born · 1
Stanley Fish → (1938-04-19) April 19, 1938 (age 88) Providence, Rhode Island
Spouse · 1
Stanley Fish → Jane Tompkins
is a · 1
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Stanley FishOccupationslegal scholar1.00infobox
Stanley FishOccupationsauthor1.00infobox
Stanley FishOccupationsprofessor1.00infobox
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Stanley Fishrelated to Collections of works by FishThere's No Such Thing0.60section
Stanley Fishrelated to Collections of works by FishAs Free Speech0.60section
Stanley Fishrelated to Collections of works by FishGood Thing0.60section

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