Abstract
This is a study on José de Alencar's publications that were sponsored by the writer itself: Cartas sobre A Confederação dos Tamoios (1856), Cinco Minutos (1856), O Guarani (1857), A Viuvinha (1857), Rio de Janeiro: verso e reverso (1857), O Demônio Familiar (1857), A noite de São João (1857), As asas de um anjo (1858), Mãe (1860), Lucíola (1862), As minas de prata (1863), Diva (1864), Ira…