Jane Toswell teaches Old English, medieval studies, speculative fiction, and medievalism in English and Writing Studies at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. She publishes on early medieval psalters, Borges, Longfellow, and universities.

• List of IllustrationsPreface and AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. Four Case Studies in Material CultureChapter 2. Roots and Branches: Medievalism, Scholarship, HistoryChapter 3. Historical Fantasy: Guy Gavriel KayChapter 4. Two Twentieth-Century Titans: Earle Birney and Robertson DaviesChapter 5. Translations of BeowulfChapter 6. The Medieval Modern in Canada TodayConclusionSelect BibliographyIndex

Jane Toswell teaches Old English, medieval studies, speculative fiction, and medievalism in English and Writing Studies at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. She publishes on early medieval psalters, Borges, Longfellow, and universities.

• List of IllustrationsPreface and AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. Four Case Studies in Material CultureChapter 2. Roots and Branches: Medievalism, Scholarship, HistoryChapter 3. Historical Fantasy: Guy Gavriel KayChapter 4. Two Twentieth-Century Titans: Earle Birney and Robertson DaviesChapter 5. Translations of BeowulfChapter 6. The Medieval Modern in Canada TodayConclusionSelect BibliographyIndex

Jane Toswell teaches Old English, medieval studies, speculative fiction, and medievalism in English and Writing Studies at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. She publishes on early medieval psalters, Borges, Longfellow, and universities.

• List of IllustrationsPreface and AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. Four Case Studies in Material CultureChapter 2. Roots and Branches: Medievalism, Scholarship, HistoryChapter 3. Historical Fantasy: Guy Gavriel KayChapter 4. Two Twentieth-Century Titans: Earle Birney and Robertson DaviesChapter 5. Translations of BeowulfChapter 6. The Medieval Modern in Canada TodayConclusionSelect BibliographyIndex