It contains chapters entitled "The Everlasting No" and "The Everlasting Yea," and the main character realizes the futility of affection after he is seduced by Blumine.
Lore Metzger wrote about this work's borrowed elements from Goethe's Faust, and Alcott states that Jo had never read this work before her meeting with Mr. Dashwood in Little Women. One chapter in this work talks about a semiotics of spirit and is entitled "Circumspective." Another chapter contrasts the potato-eating poor with those who read primarily popular novels. It contains chapters entitled "The Everlasting No" and "The Everlasting Yea," and the main character realizes the futility of affection after he is seduced by Blumine. The protagonist's work is a response to a statement of Jonathan Swift comparing man to a "Micro-Coat." The main character of this work is a German philosopher writing his tome "Clothes: Their Origin and Influence." For 10 points, name this novel about the ideas of Diogenes Teufelsdrockh by Thomas Carlyle.
Lore Metzger wrote about this work's borrowed elements from Goethe's Faust, and Alcott states that Jo had never read this work before her meeting with Mr. Dashwood in Little Women.
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