IDENTITY
Sartor Resartus
Other Nonfiction
Work Summary
A hybrid philosophical and satirical work framed as the life and ideas of the fictional Professor Teufelsdröckh and his 'philosophy of clothes.' Through this device Carlyle explores identity, social convention, doubt, spiritual crisis and the search for meaning.
Evidence Summary
The book supplied language and imagery that recurred in his correspondence.
Documented literary-philosophical source.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Thomas Carlyle
Work
Sartor Resartus
Years / Period
1882–1883
Van Gogh Relation
Quoted / Copied
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
1882–1883 — Letter 249 note 10 / Letter 325 context
Quoted / Copied · Quoted / known work
The editors state that Van Gogh already knew Sartor Resartus in 1875, when he copied from it in a poetry album; a later letter refers to its imagery of casting off old clothes.
Response: The book supplied language and imagery that recurred in his correspondence.
Connection: Documented literary-philosophical source.
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