Dr. Erica Weaver

Biography

Erica Weaver is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. She specializes in Old English and Anglo-Latin literature, focusing primarily on early English literature and poetic theory. Her research explores the historical and hermeneutic dimensions of literature from the medieval period, with a particular interest in the cognitive aspects of reading texts from a thousand years ago. In her current project, she is working on a book titled 'Hermeneutics of Distraction in Early Medieval England,' slated for publication by Oxford University Press in 2025. This work argues that distraction has posed significant threats to the development of early medieval literature and literary theory, particularly within the context of the 10th-century monastic reformation movement known as the English Benedictine Reform. She has published numerous articles in prestigious journals, contributing to the fields of medieval studies and critical theory. Weaver has also edited volumes that gather scholarship on the study of intimacy in Old English literature and assessments of Boethius's work in medieval England. Her teaching and research underscore her commitment to understanding the complexities of medieval texts and their modern interpretations.

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