As humans, we instinctively fear the unknown, often turning abstract fears into tangible symbols to regain control. Monsters are among the most enduring symbols humans have conceived to embody fears and unknowns. As Jeffrey Jerome Cohen explains in Monster Theory, ‘The monster is continually linked to forbidden practices, in order to normalize and to enforce. …
Long before Nigel Farage took aim at Brussels, a different kind of foreign threat was being charted in British minds. In the sixth century, Nennius of Historia Brittonum, musing on Britain’s origins, traced its lineage to the mystical first king of Britain, Brutus of Troy, who in turn was a descendent of none other than …
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Of Maps and Monsters 