Chaucer's 'Reeve's Tale' and the Fabliau 'Le Meunier et les .II. Clers'

Author / Editor
Burbridge, Roger T.

Title
Chaucer's 'Reeve's Tale' and the Fabliau 'Le Meunier et les .II. Clers'

Published
Annuale Mediaevale 12 (1971): 30-36.

Description
Compares and contrasts aspects of RvT with two analogues, the A and B versions of "Le Meunier et les .II. Clers," arguing that Chaucer's version achieves greater vitality, clearer characterizations and motivations, and a great deal of comic irony.

Chaucer Subjects
Reeve and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations