Dickensian Eponyms

Abstract

Abstract Charles Dickens created almost a thousand fictional characters, many of whom have become synonyms for distinctive types of people or their pecu- liar traits. This article surveys seventeen Dickensian eponyms, cites their first appearance as such, and provides examples of their usage in magazines, books, and the Internet.

Keywords

• J. R. R. Tolkien
• literary onomaturgy
• literary onomastics
• names in fantasy literature