Frida Meyer: women’s sociability in 1920’s Porto Alegre

Abstract

This article presents the novel Frida Meyer (1924) by Vivaldo Coaracy from the perspective of the History of the Book, proposing links between the literary text and its graphic materiality. It then documents its publishing process, brings data to the study of its circulation, and discusses its first critical reception. Through the analysis of central elements of the plot, this article also seeks to elicit the reading of Vivaldo Coaracy’s novel, attributing importance to the representation of women’s intimate and social life, of Porto Alegre’s urban environment and of the context of World War I in Brazilian literature.