J. Cohen 
Hybridity, Identity, and Monstrosity in Medieval Britain [PDF ebook] 
On Difficult Middles

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.

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Introduction: In medias res Acts of Separation: Shaping Communal Bodies Between Belongings: History’s Middle In the Borderlands: The Identity of Gerald of Wales City of Catastrophes The Flow of Blood in Norwich Epilogue: In medias res

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JEFFREY JEROME COHEN is Professor of English at George Washington University in Washington DC, USA.