The Old Man in Chaucer's Pardoner's Tale: An Interpretative Study of His Identity and Meaning

Author / Editor
Richardson, Gudrun.

Title
The Old Man in Chaucer's Pardoner's Tale: An Interpretative Study of His Identity and Meaning

Published
Neophilologus 87: 323-37, 2003.

Description
Richardson surveys various interpretations of the Old Man in PardT. Concentrates on the imagery of Mother Earth and of suicide, arguing that the Old Man can be seen as the Pardoner's undying soul.

Chaucer Subjects
Pardoner and His Tale.