Chaucer's Osewold the Reeve and St Oswald the Bishop (from the "South English Legendary" and Other Sources).

Author / Editor
Liszka, Thomas R.

Title
Chaucer's Osewold the Reeve and St Oswald the Bishop (from the "South English Legendary" and Other Sources).

Published
Leeds Studies in English 49 (2018): 87-99.

Description
Contends that the beating in RvT alludes to an incident in the life of St. Oswald the Bishop, arguing that the allusion enhances the Reeve's attack on the Miller and creates a sense of irony, as the Reeve suffers in comparison with his priestly namesake.

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