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Jane Toswell specializes in popular texts available in Anglo-Saxon England, with a primary focus on psalter manuscripts, particularly bilingual psalters and prose poetry. She has investigated the fifth surviving texts of Old English. Currently, collaboration with M.S. Griffith at New College, Oxford, is concentrated on editing the longest surviving poem in Old English, known as the Paris Psalter, which involves translating the psalms. Additionally, her work encompasses codicology of early medieval manuscripts and the preparation of compilations of texts from the thirteenth century. Toswell also delves into the field of medievalism, analyzing modern reception of the Middle Ages and has published numerous studies on British and Canadian reactions to this historical period. Beyond her research, she has an interest in teaching speculative fiction, science fiction, and fantasy, emphasizing the academic freedom in governance while serving as an affiliate member of the Department of Women's Studies and Feminist Research.
Streams include Archaeology and Bioarchaeology, and Sociocultural Anthropology.