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.
| ISBN: | 9781403969712 |
| Publication date: | 6th June 2007 |
| Author: | Jeffrey Jerome Cohen |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | The New Middle Ages |
| Genres: |
Literature: history and criticism Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval European history: medieval period, middle ages General and world history European history |