Abstract

ONOFRIO, Silvio Tamaso D’. The “Elogios”, from João Luso, and the experience of a Portuguese intellectual in Brazil. Cadernos do Arquivo Municipal [online]. 2023, vol.ser2, n.20, e202316.  Epub Oct 16, 2023. ISSN 2183-3176.  https://doi.org/10.48751/cam-2023-20322.

Published in 1916 by the Portuguese writer Armando Erse de Figueiredo, the book of chronicles Elogios can be read as if it was composed with triple intention: to make an informal and praised necrology to a newly deceased person (all the chronicles of the book fall into this category); to history facts and people in a memorialistic tone; and record the proximity of these people with the author, Armando Erse. Emigrated to Brazil on his own, without a family, at the age of 18, about twenty years later Armando Erse launch Elogios. With the publication the author seems to seek, eventually, the recognition of his intellectual activity - when on screen are the deceased illustrious -, or to picture the human being able to cultivate the friendship of so-called “common” people - case of the humble/anonymous deceased.

Keywords : Armando Erse de Figueiredo; Autobiography; Autofiction; Elogios; João Luso.

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