Abstract
The aim of this study is to analyze four critical essays that Manoel Antonio Álvares de Azevedo (1831 - 1852) wrote about authors from the Romantic and other literary periods, highlighting the deep relationship he had with the journalism of his time: "George Sand: Aldo o rimador"; "Alfredo de Musset: Jacques Rolla"; "Lucano" e "Literatura e civilização em Portugal: fase heroica e fase neg…