Think distraction is a uniquely 21st-century problem? Medieval readers would like a word
May 13, 2026
Erica Weaver | UCLA
Erica Weaver is an associate professor of English whose research and teaching focus on the earliest English literature. She is the author of “The Hermeneutics of Distraction in Early Medieval England” (Oxford University Press, 2025), and co-editor of “Dating Beowulf: Studies in Intimacy” (Manchester University Press, 2020) and “The Legacy of Boethius in Medieval England: The Consolation and its Afterlives” (ACMRS Press, 2018).
Erica Weaver | UCLA
Erica Weaver is an associate professor of English whose research and teaching focus on the earliest English literature. She is the author of “The Hermeneutics of Distraction in Early Medieval England” (Oxford University Press, 2025), and co-editor of “Dating Beowulf: Studies in Intimacy” (Manchester University Press, 2020) and “The Legacy of Boethius in Medieval England: The Consolation and its Afterlives” (ACMRS Press, 2018).
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