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- ↑ Fisher, Philip (1999). Still the New World: American Literature in a Culture of Creative Destruction. Harvard University Press, Second Edition. pp. Back Cover. ISBN 0674004094.
- ↑ "Harvard critics Elaine Scarry and Philip Fisher share 2000 Capote Award at UI". University News Service - The University of Iowa. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
- ↑ "Department of English Faculty". Harvard University Department of English. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ↑ Fisher, Philip (1999). Still the new world : American literature in a culture of creative destruction (1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674838599.
- ↑ Fisher, Philip (1998). Wonder, the rainbow, and the aesthetics of rare experiences . Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674955625.
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