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"Spiritual Enfranchisement": Sartor Resartus and the Politics of Bildung

"Spiritual Enfranchisement": Sartor Resartus and the Politics of Bildung “Spiritual Enfranchisement”:   Sartor Resartus and  the   Polit ics of Bildung by John B. Lamb “I am for  a radical inward R eform” (Thomas Carlyle to John Carlyle, Dec. 19, 1830) y  March 22,  1831,  when  a  second  reading  of  the  Reform  Billw   as  carriedin     the  House  of  Commons,   Thomas  Carlyle   was  already  Bwell underway  with  the  writing of  Sartor Resartus.  By   October8,     when  the  Billw   as  rejectedby     the  House  of  Lords,  he  had  been  in  Lon- don  nearlytw   o  months  looking for  a  publisher. while  Carlyleb   elieved  that  the  book  trade  in  general  and  Sartor  in  particular suffered  be- cause  of  “Reform-Billa   gitations,”h   e  nonethelessf  elttha   tSartor     was  a  “ ‘w ord  spo[ken]  in  season,’”  confirming  thereby  both  its  political and     prophetic  character: “  My  persuasion  thatT   eufk  is  in  his  place  and  time  grows  strongerth   e more  I  see  of  London  and  its philosophy:  Doctrineof     the  Phoenix,  of  Nat. Supernaturalism  and  the  whole  ClothesPhiloso   phy  .  .  .  is  exactlywha   t  intelligent men     are  wanting”  (CL,  5:410,  327,  354).  In  contrasting Sartor     with  the  “character   of  the  Times,”  Carlyletol   dth   e  publisherj http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Studies in Philology University of North Carolina Press

"Spiritual Enfranchisement": Sartor Resartus and the Politics of Bildung

Lamb, John B.
Studies in Philology , Volume 107 (2) – Apr 11, 2010
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“Spiritual Enfranchisement”:   Sartor Resartus and  the   Polit ics of Bildung by John B. Lamb “I am for  a radical inward R eform” (Thomas Carlyle to John Carlyle, Dec. 19, 1830) y  March 22,  1831,  when  a  second  reading  of  the  Reform  Billw   as  carriedin     the  House  of  Commons,   Thomas  Carlyle   was  already  Bwell underway  with  the  writing of  Sartor Resartus.  By   October8,     when  the  Billw   as  rejectedby     the  House  of  Lords,  he  had  been  in  Lon- don  nearlytw   o  months  looking for  a  publisher. while  Carlyleb   elieved  that  the  book  trade  in  general  and  Sartor  in  particular suffered  be- cause  of  “Reform-Billa   gitations,”h   e  nonethelessf  elttha   tSartor     was  a  “ ‘w ord  spo[ken]  in  season,’”  confirming  thereby  both  its  political and     prophetic  character: “  My  persuasion  thatT   eufk  is  in  his  place  and  time  grows  strongerth   e more  I  see  of  London  and  its philosophy:  Doctrineof     the  Phoenix,  of  Nat. Supernaturalism  and  the  whole  ClothesPhiloso   phy  .  .  .  is  exactlywha   t  intelligent men     are  wanting”  (CL,  5:410,  327,  354).  In  contrasting Sartor     with  the  “character   of  the  Times,”  Carlyletol   dth   e  publisherj

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