CARLYLE, TH., Sartor Resartus. The life and opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh.

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[London], Charles Dickens & Evans, after 1868, 64pp. text in two columns per page, some staining, last few pages foxed, som wear and tear to the edges, half linen binding, marbled boards, with appendix, summary and index. Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh in Three Books is an 1831 novel by the Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle, first published as a serial in Fraser's Magazine in November 1833 – August 1834. The novel purports to be a commentary on the thought and early life of a German philosopher called Diogenes Teufelsdröckh (which translates as 'God-born Devil's-dung'),[1] author of a tome entitled Clothes: Their Origin and Influence. Teufelsdröckh's Transcendentalist musings are mulled over by a sceptical English Reviewer (referred to as Editor) who also provides fragmentary biographical material on the philosopher. The work is, in part, a parody of Hegel, and of German Idealism more generally.