As encenações do capital no romantismo brasileiro

Abstract

This essay reexamines the Brazilian Romanticism, considering the new economic criticism, which has emerged in the field of literary studies in the last decades. The author of the article is interested in shedding light to the theme of finances, money and capital in the romantic literary production. The essay focuses on the novel Senhora and the play O crédito, by José de Alencar, and in the poems “A minha desgraça” and “O editor”, by Álvares de Azevedo.