John Barth's Version of The Reeve's Tale

Author / Editor
Conlee, John W.

Title
John Barth's Version of The Reeve's Tale

Published
American Notes and Queries 12.9-10 (1974): 137-38.

Description
Tallies similarities between RvT and a section in John Barth's novel "Sot-Weed Factor" that indicate direct influence: cast of characters, setting, straying-horse motif, etc.

Chaucer Subjects
Reeve and His Tale
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion