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Sartor Resartus

SAR-tor ree-SAR-tus

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General Reference

Philosophy Atlas. "Sartor Resartus." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://philosophy.interactiveatlas.org/works/sartor-resartus.

APA Style

Philosophy Atlas. (n.d.). Sartor Resartus. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://philosophy.interactiveatlas.org/works/sartor-resartus

BibTeX

@misc{philosophyatlas-sartor-resartus,
  author = {Philosophy Atlas},
  title = {Sartor Resartus},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://philosophy.interactiveatlas.org/works/sartor-resartus},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Thomas Carlyle's philosophical satire, serialized in Fraser's Magazine in 1833 to 1834 and published in book form in Boston in 1836 (the first edition anywhere in book form, arranged by Ralph Waldo Emerson) before its first British book edition in 1838. Presented as a commentary on the fictional German philosopher Diogenes Teufelsdrockh's Philosophy of Clothes, it argues that all social, religious and political institutions are transient outer garments for an eternal spiritual substance.

Facts

Publication Year

1836 1

First published in book form in Boston in 1836, the American edition Emerson arranged; serialized in Britain in Fraser's Magazine 1833 to 1834, first British book edition 1838.

Original Language

English 1

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