Sociolinguistics, Literature, and the Reeve's Tale

Author / Editor
Allman, W. W.

Title
Sociolinguistics, Literature, and the Reeve's Tale

Published
English Studies 85 (2004): 385-404.

Description
In light of sociolinguistic categories such as register, distance-solidarity, and dialect, Allman contends, RvPT and the Reeve's portrait in GP stand as sustained examinations of failed sociality and unsatisfied desire at both dramatic and narrative levels.

Chaucer Subjects
Reeve and His Tale.