Janet Spens (1876–1963) was a Scottish literary scholar specialising in

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. She was the assistant to

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in the Department of English Language and Literature (1908 to 1911) and "tutor to the women students in Arts" (1909 to 1911) at the

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, before joining

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as a

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and

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in English (1911 to 1936). In 1910, she became the first woman to be awarded a

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(DLitt) degree by the University of Glasgow.

Selected works

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Spens, Janet 1876 births 1963 deaths Scottish literary critics Scottish women literary critics Academics of the University of Glasgow Fellows of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford People from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire Alumni of the University of Glasgow