Jeffrey Jerome Cohen

 
 

Courses with Webpages English 113 Fall 2000: Survey of Medieval Literature English 113:  The Post-Colonial Middle Ages English 179: Flesh and Spirit Human Sciences 205: The Cultural Construction of Time English 702: Monsters and Medieval Identity

 
 

Electronic Publications Medieval Masculinities A hypertext article that explores the interrelation of sanctity, gender, and heroism in the Middle Ages. The article is the culmination of a six week electronic discussion on the topic, to which fifty-five scholars from around the world contributed. Published in vanilla text as "The Armour of an Alienating Identity" in Arthuriana 6.4 (1996) 1-24.  Reviewed by Claire A. Lees in  The Medieval Review  Review of Feminist Approaches to the Body in Medieval Literature  (ed. Linda Lomperis and Sarah Stanbury), Bryn Mawr Medieval Review, no. 94.4.6 (April 1994).  A book review published through an electronic journal. Speculates on the interrelationship of gender, feminism, and the body in medieval studies.     Monsters, Cannibalism, and the Fragile Body in Early England  An electronic version of a lecture excerpted from the first chapter of my book Of Giants:  Sex, Monsters, and the Middle Ages (University of Minnesota Press, 1999)  Monster Theory: Reading Culture An electronic preprint, featuring the table of contents, preface ("In a Time of Monsters") and my essay ("Monster Culture: Seven Theses"). Monster Theory was published in hardcopy by the University of Minnesota Press, 1996.    Becoming Male in the Middle Ages  (ed. Jeffrey Cohen and Bonnie Wheeler, Garland Publishing, 1997)  An electronic preprint which includes the table of contents, introduction, and my essay, "Gowther Among the Dogs: Becoming Inhuman c. 1400."

 

Personal Information Everyone knows that the Web was invented so that people could share pictures of their pets. I have a dog named Scooby, who has a very active social calendar.