The Pardoner's Old Man and the Second Death

Author / Editor
Purdon, L. O.

Title
The Pardoner's Old Man and the Second Death

Published
Studies in Philology 89 (1992): 334-49.

Description
Summarizes the theological tradition of second or eternal death that results from mortal sin. The concept is reflected in the figure of the Old Man, who is paradoxically both in death and deathless.

Chaucer Subjects
Pardoner and His Tale.