Open AccessDrood Renominated
Author(s) -
Robert F. Fleissner
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
names
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1756-2279
pISSN - 0027-7738
DOI - 10.1179/nam.1992.40.2.117
Subject(s) - sexual difference , carry (investment) , history , sociology , philosophy , psychology , psychoanalysis , finance , economics
everal names in Dickens' novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood have been the source of disagreement among scholars. Among these are Drood itself, which may relate to rood ‘cross’; Neville Landless, both parts suggesting disenfranchisement; and the pet names for Rosa Bud, Rosebud and Pussy, both of which probably should not carry the sexual connotations some have ascribed to them.