Career
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Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, instructor, 1946-48; Bennington College, Bennington, VT, member of faculty in literature, 1948-66; Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, professor of English, 1966-69; Washington University, St. Louis, MO, visiting Hurst Professor of English, 1969-70, professor of English, 1970-76, Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor of English, 1976-90. Visiting lecturer in English, University of Minnesota, 1958-59; writer in residence, Hollins College, 1962-64; consultant in poetry, Library of Congress, 1963-64; chancellor, American Academy of Poets, beginning 1976.
