"DUELOS Y QUEBRANTOS" Essay originally published in Revista do Livro, in September 1958This article by Manuel Cavalcanti Proença is a nexus of his knowledge of Machadian work, humor, exquisite linguistic intuition, and sensitivity to artistic constructions; it is also an invitation to notice how the writer uses the commonplace, especially in his short stories, in establishing the force of his style.
commonplace; stereotype; Machadian style; Don Quixote; "A Famous Man"