On the Use of the Old Man Figure in a Medieval and a Renaissance Text
- Author / Editor
- Fraga Fuentes, María Amelia.
On the Use of the Old Man Figure in a Medieval and a Renaissance Text
- Published
- SELIM 9 : 79-90, 1999.
- Description
- Compares the figures of the Old Man in PardT and Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus," arguing that each represents the "Christian paradox of moral strength manifesting itself in physical weakness."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Pardoner and His Tale.