Theodore Spencer (1902–1949) was an American

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

and academic.

Life

He graduated from

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in 1923, and a Ph.D from

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in 1928. He then taught there, from 1927 to 1949. He was appointed lecturer in English literature at

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, England, in 1939. In 1942, Spencer gave the Lowell lectures on Shakespeare, published as ''Shakespeare and the Nature of Man'', his most important work. Spencer also published essays, short stories, and poetry. His notebook is at

, and papers are at

Awards

Golden Rose Award The Golden Rose Award, one of America’s oldest literary prizes, was inaugurated in 1919. The rose was modeled after the Gold Rose which is now in the Cluny Museum in Paris. ThNew England Poetry Clubawards the Rose annually for American poetry. ...

Works

Poetry

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Essays

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References

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