Chaucer's Osewold the Reeve and St Oswald the Bishop (from the "South English Legendary" and Other Sources).
- Author / Editor
- Liszka, Thomas R.
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