Sartor Resartus is a novel written by Thomas Carlyle. Released in serial form from 1833 to 1834, it tells of the life and opinions of the fictional author Diogenes Teufelsdröckh. It is frequently considered to be a precursor to the postmodernist movement.
Characters[]
- Diogenes Teufelsdröckh - the author of the tome Clothes: Their Origin and Influence
- The Editor - the narrator of the novel
- Hofrath Heuschrecke - an admirer of Diogenes'
- Blumine - a German noblesse with whom Diogenes falls in love with
- Towgood - an English aristocrat
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Publisher's summary[]
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.
See also[]
| Title | Author | Release date | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tristram Shandy | Laurence Sterne | 1759-1767 | A novel with similar themes and a similar premise. Another precursor to postmodernism |
| Pale Fire | Vladimir Nabokov | 1962 | A postmodernist novel with similar themes and a vaguely similar premise |
| A Tale of the Tub | Jonathan Swift | 1704 | A novel that inspired Sartor Resartus |
| The Sorrows of Young Werther | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | 1774 | A novel that inspired Sartor Resartus |
| The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner | James Hogg | 1824 | Another precursor to postmodernism |
| Don Quixote | Miguel de Cervantes | 1605-1615 | Another precursor to postmodernism |
Sources[]
- Wikipedia
- Goodreads