Sartor Resartus

sar'tor re-sar'tus, a satirical work by Thomas Carlyle, published in Fraser's Magazine in 1833-34. It appeared in book form in 1835. The title means "the tailor patched." Carlyle calls the work a "Philosophy of Clothes," but he uses the word "clothes" symbolically. Thoughts and deeds are the clothing of man's spirit. Sartor Resartus is divided into three parts, introductory, biographical, and philosophical.