Chaucer's 'Reeve's Tale' and the Fabliau 'Le Meunier et les .II. Clers'
- Author / Editor
- Burbridge, Roger T.
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