Edwin Drood Research Articles

The Structure of Imagery in The Faerie Queene

The Faerie Queene, long as it is, is not nearly as long as the poem that Spenser intended to write, according to his letter to Raleigh and two of the Amoretti sonnets. It therefore at once raises the problem of whether the poem as it now stands is unfinished or merely uncompleted. If merely uncompleted, then it still may be a unity, like a torso in sculpture; if unfinished, then, as in Dickens' Mystery of Edwin Drood, certain essential clues to the total meaning are forever withheld from us.

Dickens and the Sense of Time

A DISCUSSION OF the sense of time in Dickens breaks down into two categories: the concrete and the philosophical. By concrete is meant such things as the historical date at which he placed his imaginary events and the actual chronology of the novels. By philosophical is meant ideas or concepts regarding the nature of time that appear or play a role in the novels. The concrete has already been admirably and authoritatively handled in Humphrey House's The Dickens World and by Kathleen Tillotson in Novels of the Eighteen-Forties.' As House points out, Dickens was rather haphazard about dating his novels, sometimes assigning them a specific place in time and sometimes leaving the matter vague. Both historical novels, Barnaby Rudge and A Tale of Two Cities, are of course precisely dated and begin in the same year, I775. Of all the other novels only The Pickwick Papers and Little Dorrit are given an exact place in time, Pickwict I827-I831, and Little Dorrit in the middle I820'S. By climate of opinion and occurrence of historical events, one can infer, as House demonstrates, the general date of some of the others: Oliver Twist the late 'thirties; Dombey and Son the 'forties; Our Mutual Friend the 'sixties; and Edwin Drood the 'fifties. With most of the others, and in part with these, the events and ideas that Dickens sets down side by side in a novel were in actuality drawn from

The new Oxford illustrated Dickens. The mystery of Edwin Drood

The new Oxford illustrated Dickens. The mystery of Edwin Drood

Dickens's Notebook and "Edwin Drood"

Dickens's Notebook and "Edwin Drood"

Dickens's Notebook and "Edwin Drood"

Dickens's Notebook and "Edwin Drood"

A mystery of 'Edwin Drood.'

Journal Article A mystery of 'Edwin Drood.' Get access D. C. D. C. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume 186, Issue 8, 8 April 1944, Page 184, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/186.8.184a Published: 08 April 1944

More "Portmanteau" Coinages

U NLIKE Lewis Carroll (who, if not the inventor of portmanteau words, gave them a name, a definition, and what the modern business man would call publicity), a school of rebellious, if not revolting, writers of our day, which seeks to coin blends,1 manufactures combinations of which neither part is obvious. The Carrollian portmanteau continues to be coined, however; and during the past half-century writers who pack up two meanings into one word-to use Lewis Carroll's phrase-are increasing. Before Through the Looking-Glass appeared (in 1871), Durdles had made a combination of tomb and rheumatism; in the fourth chapter of Edwin Drood, we find:

Predecessors of 'Edwin Drood.'

Journal Article Predecessors of 'Edwin Drood.' Get access M. A. Ellis M. A. Ellis 15, Tavistock Street, W.C.2 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s12-VIII, Issue 159, 30 April 1921, Page 349, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s12-VIII.159.349 Published: 30 April 1921

'The Mystery of Edwin Drood.'

'The Mystery of Edwin Drood.' Get access A. Morley Davies A. Morley Davies 1Winchmore Hill, Amersham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s11-VII, Issue 161, 25 January 1913, Pages 66–67, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s11-VII.161.66b Published: 25 January 1913

Edwin Drood'

Edwin Drood' Get access W. Scott W. Scott Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s11-III, Issue 77, 17 June 1911, Page 472, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s11-III.77.472d Published: 17 June 1911

Edwin Drood' continued

Edwin Drood' continued

Edwin Drood' continued

Edwin Drood' continued Get access H. Snowden Ward H. Snowden Ward 1Hadlow, Kent Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s10-I, Issue 17, 23 April 1904, Pages 331–332, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s10-I.17.331c Published: 23 April 1904

Edwin Drood' continued

Edwin Drood' continued Get access C. W. H. Sewell C. W. H. Sewell 1Swymbridge Vicarage, Barnstaple Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s9-XII, Issue 307, 14 November 1903, Page 389, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s9-XII.307.389f Published: 14 November 1903

Continuation of 'Edwin Drood'

Journal Article Continuation of 'Edwin Drood' Get access C. L. Lindsay C. L. Lindsay Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s8-VI, Issue 155, 15 December 1894, Page 472, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s8-VI.155.472e Published: 15 December 1894

Continuation of 'Edwin Drood'

Journal Article Continuation of 'Edwin Drood' Get access C. H. W. C. H. W. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s8-VI, Issue 149, 3 November 1894, Page 348, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s8-VI.149.348c Published: 03 November 1894

Bibliography of “Edwin Drood”

Bibliography of “Edwin Drood” Get access W. C. W. W. C. W. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s6-XI, Issue 278, 25 April 1885, Page 331, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s6-XI.278.331d Published: 25 April 1885

Bibliography of “Edwin Drood”

Bibliography of “Edwin Drood” Get access A. C. B. A. C. B. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s6-XI, Issue 278, 25 April 1885, Page 331, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s6-XI.278.331e Published: 25 April 1885

Bibliography of “Edwin Drood”

Bibliography of “Edwin Drood”

Bibliography of “edwin drood.”

Bibliography of “edwin drood.”