RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Machado de Assis & Gonçalves Dias: Encontros e diálogos JF Luso-Brazilian Review JO Luso-Braz Rev FD University of Wisconsin Press SP 51 OP 64 DO 10.1353/lbr.2006.0034 VO 43 IS 1 A1 Wilton José Marques YR 2006 UL http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/43/1/51.abstract AB The aim of this article is to reveal the existence of a dialogue between the romantic poetry of Gonçalves Dias, notably in his indianist poetry and the book Americanas (1875), by Machado de Assis. The article raises some questions about Machado’s possible reasons for revisiting the indianist theme and shows Machado’s admiration for Gonçalves Dias as evidenced in the poem “A Gonçalves Dias.”