Abstract

MOURA, Flávio Rosa de. A critic in the whirlpool. Tempo soc. [online]. 2011, vol.23, n.2, pp. 71-99. ISSN 0103-2070.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0103-20702011000200004.

This article studies the reception of Roberto Schwarz's texts on the work of Machado de Assis. Based on the positions taken by a group of authors concerning these texts, it looks to delineate a panorama of the power games at work in the field of literary criticism in Brazil over the last few years

Keywords : Roberto Schwarz; Machado de Assis; Literary criticism; Literary field.