The Devil in Chaucer's Reeve

Author / Editor
Vasta, Edward.

Title
The Devil in Chaucer's Reeve

Published
American Notes and Queries 22 (1984): 126-28.

Description
Characteristics of the Reeve suggest stereotypes of a medieval devil: his beardlessness, Northern origin, phlegmatic character, and sharp wit. He fits all six literary types of the Devil in Hannes Varter's "The Devil in English Literature."

Chaucer Subjects
Reeve and His Tale.