Sartor Resartus (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Carlyle
- First Published: 1833
- Type of Work: Philosophical
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Books, Duty, Faustian bargains, Work or workers, Prophecy or prophets, Tailoring or tailors
Critical Evaluation:
Many scholars of Thomas Carlyle refer to Sartor Resartus as fiction, but readers who think of the nineteenth century novel when they think of fiction would hardly agree. Although Sartor Resartus does have a putative hero, Diogenes Teufelsdröckh, whose life and opinions become the substance of the book, he is only the mouthpiece through whom Carlyle unleashes a torrent of criticism about the materialism and philosophical rationalism of his age. Writing about the German humorist Jean Paul Richter, Carlyle observes that “every work, be it...
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