Awards and Recognitions
- Christian Gauss Award (1968) for Poetic Closure
- Explicator Award (1968) for Poetic Closure
- Guggenheim Fellowship, 1977–78
- President, Modern Language Association in 1988.
- Member (elected) (1999), American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Honorary Fellow (2001), American Association for the Advancement of Science ("for distinguished contributions to ... a common scientific and humanistic understanding of knowledge and its advancement")
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