Monroe K. Spears (1916 - May 23, 1998) was an American university professor and literary critic.
He was the editor of the Sewanee Review from 1952 to 1961, and the Libbie Shearn Moody Professor of English at Rice University from 1964 to 1986.
[2] He was the Libbie Shearn Moody Professor of English at Rice University from 1964 to 1986.
[2] Spears was the author of several books about American and British poetry and poets, including W. H. Auden and Matthew Prior.
[2][3] He is the namesake of the annual Monroe K. Spears Award at Rice University.