Eric Jager | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1957-04-27) April 27, 1957 |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Genre | Medieval literature |
Eric Jager (born April 27, 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, having received his B.A. from Calvin College (1979), and his M.A and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan (1982, 1987).[1] He has also taught at Columbia University as an associate professor.[2]
Select bibliography
Articles
- 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
- Jager, Eric (1993). The Tempter's Voice: Language and the Fall in Medieval Literature (illustrated ed.). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801480362. Retrieved 2026-03-27. An alternate version of thie same publication year is ISBN 0801480361.
- —— (2000). The Book of the Heart (illustrated ed.). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226391168. Retrieved 2026-03-27. An alternate version of thie same publication year is ISBN 0226391167.
- The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France, 2004, London: Random House.
- Blood Royal: A True Tale of Crime and Detection in Medieval Paris, 2014, Little Brown and Company.
References
- Jager, Eric. "People / Faculty / Jager, Eric / Professor" (faculty page, autobiographical). UCLA Department of English (English.UCLA.edu). Retrieved 2026-03-27.
- Cengage Staff (2026-03-27). "Arts / Educational magazines / Jager, Eric 1957-". Encyclopedia.com. Farmington Hills, MI: Cengage-Gale. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
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)