Abstract
This article approaches the representation of the book in the work of Machado de Assis, either as an object that stimulates bibliophilia and certain reflections or as a form of graphic-visual analogies. It is from the book that Machado shows both the motivations of his narrative consciousness and the figurations of his typographic consciousness. These ways of approaching the book can be seen in the short story “Casa velha” and in the novels Helena, Quincas Borba, Dom Casmurro and Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas. As for the theoretical framework, it highlights contributions from Chartier (1999)CHARTIER, Roger. A aventura do livro: do leitor ao navegador. Tradução de Reginaldo Carmello Correa de Moraes. São Paulo: Editora Unesp, 1999., Robert Darnton (2010)DARNTON, Robert. A questão dos livros: passado, presente e futuro. Tradução de Daniel Pellizzari. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2010., Regina Zilberman (1998)ZILBERMAN, Regina. Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas: diálogos com a tradição literária. Tempo Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro, v. 133, n. 133/134, p. 155-170, abr./set. 1998. etc.
Keywords:
Machado de Assis; Book; Metabook