Dr. M. J. Toswell
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Books and Edited Collections:

Today’s Medieval University. The Past Imperfect Series (Medieval Institute Publications, Amsterdam University Press and ARC Medieval Press, 2017).  108 pages.

The Study of Old English in Nineteenth-Century Europe. Special issue of Poetica (journal of English studies published in Tokyo).  Co-edited with Haruko Momma. (December, 2016). 157 pages.

Gwen to the Max:  A Festschrift for Gwendolyn Morgan: Year’s Work in Medievalism. Special issue.  Lead editor. Co-editors E.L. Risden, Jesse Swan, Shiloh Carroll, Renee Ward. (Online December 2016). 193 pages. 

Early English Poetic Culture and Meter: The Influence of G. R. Russom. Co-ed. Lindy Brady. (Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Press, 2016).  184 pages.

Borges the Unacknowledged Medievalist: Old English and Old Norse in his Life and Work.  Pivot Series 1 (New York:  Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).  109 pages.

Translation.  Jorge Luis Borges, Ancianas Literaturas Germánicas (Ancient Germanic Literatures). Mexico, 1951 in collaboration with Delia Ingenieros. Old English Publications 1 (ACMRS and Old English Newsletter, 2014).  105 + xvi pages.

The Anglo-Saxon Psalter. (Leuven: Brepols Press, 2014).  454 + xvi pages.

 

 


Book Chapters:

“Borges, Old English Poetry and Translation Studies,” for Translating Early Medieval Poetry:  Transformation, Reception, Interpretation. ed. Tom Birkett and Kirsty March-Lyons. Cambridge:  D.S. Brewer, 2017. 61-74.

“Psalm Genres in Old English Poetry,” for The Psalms and Medieval English Literature:  From the Conversion to the Reformation. ed. Tamara Atkin and Francis Leneghan. Cambridge:  D.S. Brewer, 2017. 218-32.

“Anna Gurney: The Unknown Victorian Medievalist,” The Study of Old English in Nineteenth-Century Europe. 69-86.

“Introduction” with Haruko Momma, to The Study of Old English in Nineteenth-Century Europe.  Pp i-vi.

“Two Translators from Old English:  Molly Peacock and Gwendolyn Morgan.” Gwen to the Max, Year’s Work in Medievalism. Pp. 18-24.

“Gwen to the Max,” Introduction to Gwen to the Max, Year’s Work in Medievalism. Pp. 1-6.

“Introduction,” in Early English Poetic Culture and Meter: The Influence of G.R. Russom. Co-written with Lindy Brady.  1-8.

“Polyptoton in Old English Poetry,” in Early English Poetic Culture and Meter: The Influence of G. R. Russom. 111-129.

 “The Exegesis of Tears in Lambeth Homily 17,” in Truth & Tales: Cultural Mobility and Medieval Media. Eds. Fiona Somerset and Nicholas Watson. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2015. 79-95.

Lingua.” in Medievalism: Key Critical Terms. eds Elizabeth Emery and Richard Utz. Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 2014. 117-124.  Pbk, 2017.

“The use of Anglo-Saxon psalter manuscripts” in Cambridge History of the Book vol. I Anglo-Saxon Period. Ed. Richard Gameson. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2012. Pp. 468-81.


Book Chapters in Press:

“The rediscovery, editing and reception of Anglo-Saxon poetry,” ed. Joanne Parker, Corinna Wagner, and Nick Groom. Oxford Handbook of Victorian Medievalism. Book chapter. 5985 words. Projected publication date originally 2012.  Now perhaps 2018?

“Afterword,” Medieval Legacies, Modern Lenses. eds. Christopher Crocker and Dustin Geeraert.  Projected publication date September 2018.  4400 words.

“Genre and the Dictionary of Old English,” for Studies in Old English Lexicography in Honour of Antonette diPaolo Healey, ed. Haruko Momma and Maren Clegg Hyer.  5000 words. August 2017.

“Glossing and Psalters in Medieval Europe,” in A Companion to Medieval Translation, ed. Jeanette Beer.  6000 words.  August 2017.


Articles:

“Manuscripts, Illuminations, Charters,” Year’s Work in Old English Studies 2011. Old English Newsletter 46.2 (2017 for 2015): 69-73.

“Manuscripts, Illuminations, Charters” Year’s Work in Old English Studies 2010. Old English Newsletter 45.2 (2014): 163-72.

The Dangers of the Search for Authenticity? The Ethics of Hallowe’en” Studies in Medievalism XXIII: Ethics and Medievalism. Ed. Karl Fugelso. Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 2014. 1-9.

“Manuscripts, Illuminations, Charters” Year’s Work in Old English Studies 2009. Old English Newsletter 44.2 (2013): 147-53.

“The Arthurian Landscapes of Guy Gavriel Kay” Year’s Work in Medievalism XXVI.  Ed. E.L. Risden (2012 for 2011): 90-102

“Manuscripts, Illumination, Charters” Year’s Work in Old English Studies 2008. Old English Newsletter 43.2 (2012): 126-133.

“Lives of Total Dedication?: Medieval and Modern Corporate Identity” Studies in Medievalism XXI: Corporate Medievalism. Ed. Karl Fugelso. Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 2012. 1-10.

“Quid Tacitus...? The Germania and the Study of Anglo-Saxon England”Florilegium 27 (2012 for 2010): 27-62.

“The Kentish Psalm 50 and Translation Studies” Old English Literature and the Old Testament. Ed. Michael Fox and Manish Sharma. Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press, 2012. Pp. 315-38.


Blogs:

“Writing for the Past Imperfect Series:  A How-To Guide to the Easy Life.” Published by ARC Humanities Press on 5 November 2017.

“Q&A with Jane Toswell on her Today’s Medieval University. Published by ARC Humanities Press on 18 January 2017.

 

 German missal, ca. 1125 - Donated to Weldon Library

German Missal


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