%0 Journal Article %T Quincas Borba: um romance em crise %A Gledson %A John %J Machado de Assis em Linha %D 2011 %I Funda??o Casa de Rui Barbosa %R 10.1590/S1983-68212011000200004 %X this text and the following one reproduce, almost unchanged, two lectures i gave at the university of s£¿o paulo, on the 10th and 12th of may 2011, at the invitation of h¨¦lio guimar£¿es and vagner camilo, of the department of classical and vernacular literature and the post-graduate programme in brazilian literature. i am most grateful for the opportunity they gave me to expound my ideas in the presence of such a stimulating and generous audience. the changes made are minimal, and insignificant - i have not removed the spoken tone, which is an integral part of both texts. i have only added the necessary references, and added a final paragraph to the second lecture, since it seemed to me that it lacked a necessary conclusion. it may be a little speculative, but since both lectures are parts of an ongoing research project, that seems right enough. finally, i should say that i am planning to add the complete text of the first, serialised version of quincas borba to the excellent editions of the texts of the novels and stories published on the website , created and organised by marta de senna, of the funda£¿£¿o casa de rui barbosa, together with an identification of the quotations which only appear in this version, of which there are many. this is intended to facilitate access to a text which is so interesting and so central to the novelist¡¯s development: the two editions of the comiss£¿o machado de assis are difficult to find (and ours will be more complete, including the text of the episode published on 15th april 1887, discovered by ana cl¨¢udia suriani da silva). the work for this should be completed by may 2012 at the latest. %K mem¨®rias p¨®stumas de br¨¢s cubas %K quincas borba %K serialised novel %K novel %K newspaper column. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1983-68212011000200004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en