Abstract
The paper analyzes extracts from the memoirs works of Manuel Bandeira, showing the social memory usage as linked to an strategic organization of the literary life, with decisive effect on the construction of the image and the reception control achieved by the poet. In a related perspective, the paper comments the engagement of the autobiographical texts in the production of a collective memory regarding to a representation of the nation, as it was developed by Brazilian modernism.
Keywords:
Literature; Memoirs; Collective memory; Literary life; Manuel Bandeira