Stanley Fish
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Stanley Fish is an American literary theorist and legal scholar known for his work on reader-response criticism and the interpretation of texts.
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| Stanley Fish canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stanley Fish Context triple: [Stanley, notableBearer, Stanley Fish]
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A.
Douglas Kellner
Douglas Kellner is an American critical theorist and cultural studies scholar known for his analyses of media, technology, and contemporary society.
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B.
Fredric Jameson
Fredric Jameson is an American literary critic and Marxist theorist best known for his analyses of postmodernism, late capitalism, and cultural theory.
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C.
Jeffrey Auerbach
Jeffrey Auerbach is a film producer best known for his work on the stop-motion animated feature "Corpse Bride."
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D.
Randall Poster
Randall Poster is an American music supervisor and film producer renowned for his work curating soundtracks and producing on numerous acclaimed films and television series.
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E.
Terry Eagleton
Terry Eagleton is a British literary theorist and critic known for his Marxist approach to literature, cultural analysis, and influential works such as "Literary Theory: An Introduction."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stanley Fish Target entity description: Stanley Fish is an American literary theorist and legal scholar known for his work on reader-response criticism and the interpretation of texts.
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A.
Douglas Kellner
Douglas Kellner is an American critical theorist and cultural studies scholar known for his analyses of media, technology, and contemporary society.
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B.
Fredric Jameson
Fredric Jameson is an American literary critic and Marxist theorist best known for his analyses of postmodernism, late capitalism, and cultural theory.
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C.
Jeffrey Auerbach
Jeffrey Auerbach is a film producer best known for his work on the stop-motion animated feature "Corpse Bride."
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D.
Randall Poster
Randall Poster is an American music supervisor and film producer renowned for his work curating soundtracks and producing on numerous acclaimed films and television series.
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E.
Terry Eagleton
Terry Eagleton is a British literary theorist and critic known for his Marxist approach to literature, cultural analysis, and influential works such as "Literary Theory: An Introduction."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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legal scholar ⓘ literary theorist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1938 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Pennsylvania
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Yeshiva University ⓘ |
| employer |
Cardozo School of Law
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Duke University ⓘ Florida International University ⓘ University of Illinois at Chicago ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Milton studies
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interpretation of texts ⓘ legal theory ⓘ literary theory ⓘ philosophy of law ⓘ postmodernism ⓘ reader-response criticism ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ |
| hasWrittenFor |
Slate
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The Chronicle of Higher Education ⓘ The New York Times ⓘ |
| knownFor |
public intellectual commentary on higher education and free speech
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work on interpretation of legal texts ⓘ work on reader-response criticism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
interpretive communities theory
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reader-response theory ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
anti-foundationalism in law
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interpretive communities ⓘ textual meaning as product of readers ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Doing What Comes Naturally
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linked to:
Doin’ What Comes Natur’lly
How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One ⓘ Is There a Text in This Class? ⓘ Save the World on Your Own Time ⓘ Surprised by Sin ⓘ The Trouble with Principle ⓘ There’s No Such Thing as Free Speech, and It’s a Good Thing, Too ⓘ Winning Arguments ⓘ |
| occupation |
columnist
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professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Providence, Rhode Island
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linked to:
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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| positionHeld |
Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor of Humanities and Law at Florida International University
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Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Jane Tompkins ⓘ |
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Subject: Stanley Fish Description of subject: Stanley Fish is an American literary theorist and legal scholar known for his work on reader-response criticism and the interpretation of texts.
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subject linked to:
Stanley Fish: American literary theorist