Eric Jager (born April 27, 1957) is an American literary critic and a specialist in

medieval literature Medieval literature is a broad subject, encompassing essentially all written works available in Europe and beyond during the Middle Ages (that is, the one thousand years from the fall of the Western Roman Empire ca. AD 500 to the beginning of t ...

. He is a professor in the department of English at

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school the ...

, received his B.A. from

Calvin College Calvin University, formerly Calvin College, is a private Christian university in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1876, Calvin University is an educational institution of the Christian Reformed Church and stands in the Reforme ...

in 1979, and his Ph.D. from the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

in 1987. He has also taught at

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

as an associate professor.

Select bibliography

*''The Tempter's Voice: Language and the Fall in Medieval Literature'', 1993Books, Goodreads
/ref> *''The Book of the Heart'', 2000 *'' 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

External links

"The Book of the Heart in Late Medieval Piety"
by Eric Jager, 1995.
"Lost in the Archives"
by Eric Jager, in ''

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'', 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) {{DEFAULTSORT:Jager, Eric 1957 births Living people American medievalists American literary critics University of California, Los Angeles faculty Columbia University faculty University of Michigan alumni Calvin University alumni 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers Historians from California American male non-fiction writers