Book, History and literature: essays for a history of ideas[LS]

History and Literature: Essays for a History of Ideas in Brazil, organized by João Antonio de Paula, once again makes a work by Francisco Iglésias available to its former readers and will enable it to be discovered by new generations. Ten years after his death, History and Literature reaffirms Iglésias's recognized qualities: his knowledge, his style, his intelligence, at once critical, lucid and generous in its consideration of the works of Joaquim Nabuco, Alberto Torres, Oliveira Vianna, Caio Prado Júnior, Sergio Buarque de Holanda, José Honório Rodrigues, Raymundo Faoro, Carlos Drummond de Andrade and Pedro Nava. Francisco Iglésias was, above all, a historian. No stories or poems are known of him. He was very interested in literature as a critic, as a permanent and faithful lover. He chose history and from it, from his method and way of appropriating the world, he shaped his perspective. All the topics he addressed, he considered them from the point of view of history. The thematic segmentation that was imposed did not prevent us from seeking to reconstitute the context, from seeking the broader connections, the meanings and the decisive ligatures that determine and configure the singular objects. Thus, almost always, in the study of an author or a work, period, process, idea, region, Francisco Iglésias gives us the whole, the forces and trappings that determine and condition the real. In its innumerable diversity.