Eric Jager
Eric Jager (born 27 April 1957) is an American literary critic and a specialist in medieval literature. He is a professor in the department of English at University of California, Los Angeles, received his B.A. from Calvin College in 1979, and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1987.[1] He has also taught at Columbia University as an associate professor.[2][3]
Eric Jager | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 27, 1957 |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Genre | Medieval literature |
| Notable works | The Last Duel |
Select bibliography
- Blood Royal: A True Tale of Crime and Detection in Medieval Paris, 2014, Little Brown and Company
- The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France, 2004, London: Random House
- The Book of the Heart, 2000
- The Tempter's Voice: Language and the Fall in Medieval Literature, 1993[4]
References
- Eric Jager at UCLA
- JAGER, Eric 1957-
- Jager, Eric (1996). "The Book of the Heart: Reading and Writing the Medieval Subject". Speculum. 71 (1): 1–26. doi:10.2307/2865198. ISSN 0038-7134. JSTOR 2865198. S2CID 162115473.
- Books, Goodreads
External links
- "The Book of the Heart in Late Medieval Piety", by Eric Jager, 1995.
- "Lost in the Archives", by Eric Jager, in The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 6, 2009 - discusses the writing of The Last Duel
- 'The Last Duel' Between French Knights, by Sheilah Kast, NPR interview, December 26, 2004 (audio, 10-mins)
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