2008 Speakers
Eric jager
Eric Jager, a graduate of Calvin College, teaches and writes about medieval and classical literature and literary theory at the University of California at Los Angeles, where he is a professor of English. The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France (2004) is Jager’s historical narrative of a fourteenth-century duel between a French knight and his fellow combatant. The book has been optioned for a major motion picture. In addition to The Last Duel, Jager has also written The Book of the Heart (2000) and The Tempter's Voice: Language and the Fall in Medieval Literature (1993).
Speaker Links
NPR’s Sheilah Kast speaks with Eric Jager.
The Calvin College Spark features Jager and The Last Duel.
Read an excerpt from The Last Duel.