Eric Jager

Eric Jager

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Eric Jager 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. He has also taught at Columbia University.

elect Bibliography

*"The Last Duel : A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France", 2005, London: Random House
*"The Book of the Heart", 2000
*"The Tempter's Voice: Language and the Fall in Medieval Literature", 1993

External links

* [http://www.randomhouse.com/broadway/thelastduel/index.html The Last Duel website]
* " [http://www-personal.umich.edu/~tgarbaty/jager.html The Book of the Heart in Late Medieval Piety] "
* [http://www.powells.com/taae/jager.html Powells Essay]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4245183 NPR interview]
* [http://www.calvin.edu/publications/spark/2005/fall/bookshelf.htm Calvin College alumni magazine]


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