The Pardoner's Old Man and the Second Death
- Author / Editor
- Purdon, L. O.
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.