Philip Fisher (born 1941) is the Felice Crowl Reid Professor of English and American Literature at

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and an author. He was a co-winner of the

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in 2000 for his book, ''Still the New World: American Literature in a Culture of Creative Destruction''. He graduated from

with a M.A. in 1966 and Ph.D. in 1971. He earned an A.B. in 1963 from the

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Books

*''The Vehement Passions'' (2002) *''Still the New World: American Literature in a Culture of Creative Destruction'' (1999) *''Wonder, the Rainbow and the Aesthetics of Rare Experiences'' (1998) *''Making and Effacing Art'' (1991) *''Hard Facts'' (1986) *''Making Up Society'' (1981)

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