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Cover image for book Hybridity, Identity, and Monstrosity in Medieval Britain

Hybridity, Identity, and Monstrosity in Medieval Britain

On Difficult Middles
By:J. Cohen
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781403969712
eText ISBN:9781137086709
Edition:0
Copyright:2006
Format:Page Fidelity

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This study examines the monsters that haunt twelfth-century British texts, arguing that in these strange bodies are expressed fears and fantasies about community, identity and race during the period. Cohen finds the origins of these monsters in a contemporary obsession with blood, both the literal and metaphorical kind.