He served in the United States Navy during World War II. He studied at Yale University, where he later taught, and where with Charles Feidelson, Jr., he edited the extraordinarily important anthology, "The Modern Tradition".
He served in the United States Navy during World War II. He studied at Yale University, receiving his B.A. (1939), his M.A. (1941) and his PhD. He would later return to teach at Yale, and there with Charles Feidelson, Jr., he edited the extraordinarily important anthology, "The Modern Tradition".