The 'Reeve's Tale,' 'Le Meunier et les ii Clers' and the 'Miller's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Goodall, Peter.
The 'Reeve's Tale,' 'Le Meunier et les ii Clers' and the 'Miller's Tale'
- Published
- Parergon 27 (1980): 13-16.
- Description
- Chaucer's improvements result from adapting source to the framework of CT--giving the tale to the highly individualized Reeve, whose emphasis upon "quitting" the Miller requires that Symkin become the strongest character in the tale. The most successful changes occur in the fight scene, where Chaucer expedites the action by involving the second clerk and the wife.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Reeve and His Tale.
- Miller and His Tale.
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.