Sartor Resartus

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Sartor Resartus is a satirical, philosophical novel by Thomas Carlyle that explores the nature of clothes as a metaphor for social institutions and human beliefs.

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Sartor Resartus canonical 10
"Sartor Resartus" (first book edition) 1

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
philosophical novel ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ
author Thomas Carlyle ⓘ
centralTheme clothes as a metaphor for human beliefs ⓘ
clothes as a metaphor for social institutions ⓘ
critique of modern society ⓘ
nature of symbols ⓘ
relationship between appearance and reality ⓘ
spiritual crisis and renewal ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1833 ⓘ
1834 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Fraser's Magazine ⓘ
genre metafiction ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasTopic philosophy of history ⓘ
politics ⓘ
religion ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
symbolism ⓘ
influenced American Transcendentalism ⓘ
linked to: Transcendentalism

Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ
modernist narrative experimentation ⓘ
influencedBy German idealist philosophy ⓘ
Romanticism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Victorian literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Diogenes Teufelsdröckh ⓘ
anonymous English editor ⓘ
narrativeMode first-person editor-narrator ⓘ
narrativeTechnique fragmentary documents ⓘ
mock scholarship ⓘ
pseudo-biography ⓘ
notableFor blend of fiction, philosophy, and criticism ⓘ
complex, digressive style ⓘ
early example of Victorian experimental prose ⓘ
originalPublicationFormat serial ⓘ
period early Victorian period ⓘ
placeOfFirstBookPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
publisherOfFirstBookEdition James Fraser ⓘ
setting fictional German university town of Weissnichtwo ⓘ
structure framed as an editor's commentary on a German philosopher's work ⓘ
titleLanguage Latin ⓘ
titleMeaning The Tailor Re-tailored ⓘ

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Thomas Carlyle → notableWork → Sartor Resartus ⓘ
Past and Present → relatedWorkByAuthor → Sartor Resartus ⓘ
Thomas Carlyle → notableWork → Sartor Resartus ⓘ
subject linked to: Carlyle
Life of Friedrich Schiller → relatedWork → Sartor Resartus ⓘ
Fraser's Magazine → notableWorkPublished → Sartor Resartus ⓘ
Diogenes Teufelsdröckh → appearsIn → Sartor Resartus ⓘ
Diogenes Teufelsdröckh → firstAppearance → Sartor Resartus ⓘ
The Tailor Re-tailored → originalTitle → Sartor Resartus ⓘ
James Fraser → published → "Sartor Resartus" (first book edition) ⓘ
linked to: Sartor Resartus
The Present Time → relatedWorkByAuthor → Sartor Resartus ⓘ