Sex and Old Age in Chaucer's 'Reeve's Prologue'

Author / Editor
Everest, Carol A.

Title
Sex and Old Age in Chaucer's 'Reeve's Prologue'

Published
Chaucer Review 31 (1996): 99-114.

Description
Chaucer is versed in medieval medical theories, which underlie the physical and emotional descriptions of the Reeve in both GP and RvP.

Chaucer Subjects
Reeve and His Tale.
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.