Barbara Everett (born 1932) is a Canadian-born

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academic and literary critic, whose work has appeared frequently in the ''

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'' and ''

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''. In addition to her own publications, she is recognised as a leading Shakespeare scholar. Everett was born in

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, Canada. A graduate of

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, she is a retired Fellow of

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. She was married to the late Oxford scholar of English literature, Emrys Jones, with whom she appeared in the 1996 documentary ''

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''.

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described her as "a connoisseur of styles" with "a distinctive style of her own", and her 1986 book, ''Poets in their time'' as "one of the finest collections of criticism for years".

Select bibliography

Books

*'' Auden'' (1964) *''Donne: A London Poet'' (1972), *''Poets in their Time: Essays on English Poetry from Donne to Larkin'' (1986), *''Young Hamlet: Essays on Shakespeare's Tragedies'' (1989),

Articles

"Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Sonnet". ''London Review of Books'', Vol. 30 no 9 (8 May 2008)Shakespeare". ''London Review of Books'', Vol. 32 no 16 (19 August 2010)
*"Barbara Pym's Last Title". ''Essays in Criticism'', vol 73, no 1 (2023), pages 1-7

References

Living people Alumni of St Hilda's College, Oxford Fellows of Somerville College, Oxford Shakespearean scholars British women academics British literary critics British women literary critics British women non-fiction writers 1932 births {{UK-academic-bio-stub