Sartor ResartusStandard Ebooks Sartor Resartus was a strange and new book when it was first published in 1833, and in many ways it remains a strange and new book today. The bulk of the novel takes the form of the a commentary on the life and works of the fictional Diogenes Teufelsdröckh, a sort of renaissance-man German philosopher who develops a “Philosophy of Clothes.” The commentary is composed by a fictional English commentator, known only as the “Editor”; the Editor claims to have translated many of Teufelsdröckh’s ideas and quotes from German. As the commentary progresses, the Editor receives a bag of paper scraps on which are written various autobiographical fragments from Teufelsdröckh’s life. The Editor’s attempts to organize and interpret these scraps forms the second part of the novel. The work is multi-faceted: sometimes a parody, sometimes a comedy, sometimes a satire, and sometimes seriously philosophical. Some critics consider it an early existentialist text. At the very least its unique structure and use of meta-narrative is hugely influential to modern literature; Borges was said to have memorized entire pages, and modern texts like Nabokov’s Pale Fire borrow liberally from the concept of a meta-narrative organized on scraps of paper. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks. |
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... Professor Teufelsdröckh of Weissnichtwo; treating expressly of this subject , and in a style which , whether.
... Teufelsdröckh to the first ranks of Philosophy , in our German Temple of Honour . " Mindful of old friendship , the distinguished Professor , in this the first blaze of his fame , which however does not dazzle him , sends hither a ...
... Professor Teufelsdröckh's Book be marked with chalk in the Editor's calendar . It is indeed an " extensive Volume , " of boundless , almost formless contents , a very Sea of Thought ; neither calm nor clear , if you will ; yet wherein ...
... Teufelsdröckh without something of his personality, was it not to insure both of entire misapprehension? Now for ... Professor's chief friend and associate in Weissnichtwo, with whom we had not previously corresponded . The Hofrath ,
... Professor Teufelsdröckh " were undoubtedly welcome to the Family , the National , or any other of those patriotic Libraries , at present the glory of British Literature " ; might work revolutions in Thought ; and so forth ; -in ...