Antônio Tavernard: vida em versos de um flâneur estático

Abstract

AntônioTavernard is a poet whose literary work has not inspired many cientific studies. The little that is known about him is the little part taught: a sad poet and pessimist and romantic poetry. Therefore, Tavernard´s writing brings more elements than we use to think. The real drama the poet lived represents a lot for the ones who aims to understand his texts, but it shall not be the only way to be followed by Tavernard´s readers. The life he lived on the backyard of his house and the social segregation due to an uncurable illness made possible the revelation of new views over a common situation. This research proposes a different path through Tavernard’s poetry work, recognizing its poetic spaces. With Walter Benjamin’s definition of flâneur, this adjective is applied to the poet on a metaphoric way, because even on a physically static form, he wanders through Belém in the beginning of the 20th century using his feelings and readings, showing the city singularly, much like Baudelaire has once done to Paris.By the reading of many editions of the now exctinct ‘A Semana’ magazine, this research also shows the relation the poet’s work had with a contemporary audience made up by many famous writers from the local scene like, for example, Bruno the Menezes.