Hybridity, Identity, and Monstrosity in Medieval Britain

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Hybridity, Identity, and Monstrosity in Medieval Britain is written by J. Cohen and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 113708670X (ISBN 10) and 9781137086709 (ISBN 13).

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.