Sartor Resartus
Sartor Resartus ("The Tailor Retailored") is ostensibly an introduction to a strange history of clothing by the German Professor of Things in General, Diogenes Teufelsdrockh; its deeper concerns are social injustice, the right way of living in the world, and the large questions of faith and...
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Sartor Resartus ("The Tailor Retailored") is ostensibly an introduction to a strange history of clothing by the German Professor of Things in General, Diogenes Teufelsdrockh; its deeper concerns are social injustice, the right way of living in the world, and the large questions of faith and understanding. This is the first edition to present the novel as it originally appeared, with indications of the changes Carlyle made to later editions.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780192836731 (0192836730)
Publish date: August 3rd 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
IntroductionAcknowledgementsNote on the TextSelect BibliographyA Chronology of Thomas Carlyle--Sartor ResartusAppendix I: Carlyle to James Fraser, May 1833Appendix II: Maginn's Portrait of Carlyle, June 1833Appendix III: Carlyle to Emerson, August 1834Appendix IV: Carlyle to John Sterling, June 1835...
"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." — Mark Twain
Sartor Resartus, which means "The Tailor Re-tailored" is ostensibly a book on "The Philosophy of Clothing" by a German author, Herr Diogenes Teufelsdrockh. We're told that this is the English translation from the original German. But, this is much more than a translation. The translator feels that i...
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