KnowraMachado de AssisLinked fromLinked fromThe 7 pages that link to Machado de Assis, each with the reason it gives.All 7Broader topic 1Related 4Compared with 2Brazilian literatureBroader topic: His ironic novels, including The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas, anchor the canon.Brazilian Academy of LettersRelated: He helped found the Academy and led it from its opening in 1897 until his death.José de AlencarRelated: His later fiction offers a markedly different account of Brazilian society from Alencar’s Romantic novels.Aluísio AzevedoCompared with: His ironic, inward realism provides a striking contrast to Azevedo’s naturalist emphasis on environment.Olavo BilacRelated: Bilac followed him as president of the Academy, linking two generations of Brazilian letters.Lima BarretoCompared with: Both were Black Brazilian writers, but their styles and literary careers followed different paths.Raul PompeiaRelated: Both writers helped define Brazilian literature in the late nineteenth century through sharply observant prose.