title: The cerrado of Goiás in the literature of Bernardo Élis, from a viewpoint of environmental history.
abstract: This article analyzes the representations of nature in the literature of Bernardo Élis based on the theoretical and methodological assumptions of environmental history. Élis was part of a group of intellectuals whose literature presented the living conditions in the frontier of Goiás and the human relationships occurring in these landscapes. In these scrublands, the dramas of their characters are mixed with the physical environment of the cerrado region in a realistic narrative denouncing the living conditions in this isolated frontier area. In their dialog with literature, the fundamentals of this field of historiographic research can be adopted as analytical instruments, combined with concepts related to the integration between society and nature, such as the frontier and wilderness.
authors.affiliation: Professor, Programa de Pós-graduação em Território e Expressão Cultural do Cerrado/Universidade Estadual de Goiás; Programa de Pós-graduação em Sociedade, Tecnologia e Meio Ambiente (PPSTMA)/Centro Universitário de Anápolis. Avenida Juscelino Kubitschek, 146 75110-390 - Anápolis - GO - Brasil. sandrodutr@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Sandro Dutra E
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Professora, graduação em Direito/Centro Universitário de Anápolis. Avenida Universitária, Km 3,5 75083-515 - Anápolis - GO - Brasil. aureamarchetti@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Aurea Marchetti
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bandeira
authors.affiliation: Professora, PPSTMA/Centro Universitário de Anápolis. Avenida Universitária, Km 3,5 75083-515 - Anápolis - GO - Brasil .gio.tavares@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Giovana Galvão
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Tavares
authors.affiliation: Professora, Escola de Humanidades/ Programa de Pós-graduação em História. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. Avenida Ipiranga, 6681, prédio 5, sala 407 95070-560- Porto Alegre - RS - Brasil. luciana.murari@pucrs.br.
authors.forename: Luciana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Murari