Literary critics and a Brazilian writer who collaborated with the press and who was also a public official and a deputy. His concept of the critics and the literary historiography is based on the biological and sociological determinism, the Darwin evolution Theory and the one of Spencer. “Historia da literatura brasileira” is his best-known work. He later influenced the thoughts of Gilberto Freyre. The work “Cantos do fim do século” is highlighted In his production.
