Sartor Resartus

The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh in Three Books

Thomas Carlyle, Mark Engel

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9780520209282
• eBook ISBN: 9780520353985
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: English Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

Sartor Resartus is Thomas Carlyle's most enduring and influential work. First published in serial form in Fraser's Magazine in 1833-1834, it was discovered by the American Transcendentalists. Sponsored by Ralph Waldo Emerson, it was first printed as a book in Boston in 1836 and immediately became the inspiration for the Transcendental movement. The first London trade edition was published in 1838. By the 1840s, largely on the strength of Sartor Resartus, Carlyle became one of the leading literary figures in Britain. Sartor Resartus became one of the important texts of nineteenth-century English literature, central to the Romantic movement and Victorian culture. At the time of Carlyle's death in 1881, more than 69, 000 copies had been sold. The post-Victorian influence continued and extends to writers as diverse as Virginia Woolf and James Joyce, Willa Cather and Ernest Hemingway. This edition of Sartor Resartus is the first publication of the work that uses all extant versions to create an accurate authorial text. This volume, the second in an eight-volume series, includes a complete textual apparatus as well as a historical introduction and full critical and explanatory annotation.
Sartor Resartus is Thomas Carlyle's most enduring and influential work. First published in serial form in Fraser's Magazine in 1833-1834, it was discovered by the American Transcendentalists. Sponsored by Ralph Waldo Emerson, it was first pr

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• CONTENTS 1
• ILLUSTRATIONS
• PREFACE
• CHRONOLOGY OF CARLYLE’S LIFE
• INTRODUCTION
• NOTE ON THE TEXT
• Sartor Resartus
• BOOK I. CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY.
• CHAPTER II. EDITORIAL DIFFICULTIES.
• CHAPTER III. REMINISCENCES.
• CHAPTER IV. CHARACTERISTICS.
• CHAPTER V. THE WORLD IN CLOTHES.
• CHAPTER VI. APRONS.
• CHAPTER VII. MISCELLANEOUS-HISTORICAL.
• CHAPTER VIII. THE WORLD OUT OF CLOTHES.
• CHAPTER IX. ADAMITISM.
• CHAPTER X. PURE REASON.
• CHAPTER XI. PROSPECTIVE.
• BOOK II. CHAPTER I. GENESIS.
• CHAPTER II. IDYLLIC.
• CHAPTER III. PEDAGOGY.
• CHAPTER IV. GETTING UNDER WAY.
• CHAPTER V. ROMANCE.
• CHAPTER VI. SORROWS OF rEUFELSDRÔCKH.
• CHAPTER VII. THE EVERLASTING NO.
• CHAPTER VIII. CENTRE OF INDIFFERENCE.
• CHAPTER IX. THE EVERLASTING YEA.
• CHAPTER X. PAUSE.
• BOOK III. CHAPTER I. INCIDENT IN MODERN HISTORY.
• CHAPTER II. CHURCH-CLOTHES.
• CHAPTER III. SYMBOLS.
• CHAPTER IV. HELOTAGE.
• CHAPTER V. THE PHCBNIX.
• CHAPTER VI. OLD CLOTHES.
• CHAPTER VII. ORGANIC FILAMENTS.
• CHAPTER VIII. NATURAL SUPERNATURALISM.
• CHAPTER IX. CIRCUMSPECTIVB.
• CHAPTER X, THE DANDIACAL BODY.
• CHAPTER XI. TAILORS.
• CHAPTER XII. FAREWELL.
• APPENDIX A: TESTIMONIES OF AUTHORS
• APPENDIX B: 1858 SUMMARY
• NOTES
• WORKS CITED
• TEXTUAL APPARATUS
• EMENDATIONS OF THE COPY-TEXT
• DISCUSSION OF EDITORIAL DECISIONS
• LINE-END HYPHENS IN THE COPY-TEXT
• LINE-END HYPHENS IN THE PRESENT TEXT
• HISTORICAL COLLATION
• INDEX