Eric Jager

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Eric Jager (born April 27, 1957)^{[not verified in body]} is an American literary critic and a specialist in medieval literature.^{[not verified in body]} 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).^{[independent source needed]} He has also taught at Columbia University as an associate professor.^{[better source needed]}

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Books

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• 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.^{[full citation needed]}
• Blood Royal: A True Tale of Crime and Detection in Medieval Paris, 2014, Little Brown and Company.^{[full citation needed]}

References

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)