This essay aims to identify the place occupied on the literary scene of the 1870s by Machado de Assis's Helena (1876) and Franklin Távora's O Cabeleira (1876). Therefore, the essay analyzes the reception of the novels in Ilustração Brasileira, a journal in which one can map the early dialogue between Machado and Távora regarding the tack of Brazil's literature. Then the essay offers a reading of the novel through a comparison of the critical reception of the competing literary projects, seeking to reestablish the relationship between the reader and the literary work in its context and synchronicity, a break from the reading mediated by its insertion in the canon of Brazilian literature.
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Santos, R. F. D. (2021). Franklin Távora And Machado De Assis In Ilustração Brasileira: A Dialogue. Machado de Assis Em Linha, 14, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1590/1983-68212021142
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