Old Age and Chaucer's Reeve.

Author / Editor
Forehand, Brooks.

Title
Old Age and Chaucer's Reeve.

Published
PMLA 69 (1954): 984-89.

Description
Argues that the Reeve's sword is rusty (GP 1.618) "because the Reeve is past the age for using it." Suggests that he wears it as a symbol of his desire for youth and comments on Chaucer's multiple uses of signifying details.

Chaucer Subjects
Reeve and His Tale
Style and Versification