Imaginism
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Imaginism was a short-lived early 20th-century Russian poetic movement, associated with figures like Sergei Yesenin, that emphasized vivid, striking imagery and emotional expressiveness.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Imaginism canonical | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian literary movement
ⓘ
poetic movement ⓘ |
| aestheticGoal |
heightened emotional impact
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intense visual effect ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Russian avant-garde literature ⓘ |
| characteristic |
emotional expressiveness
ⓘ
striking imagery ⓘ vivid imagery ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russia ⓘ |
| declineReason |
changing literary politics in Soviet Russia
ⓘ
shifts in cultural policy after the Russian Civil War ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Imagism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emergedIn |
Moscow
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Petrograd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focus | image as central element of the poem ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasManifesto | programmatic statements in early 1920s Russian journals ⓘ |
| hasNotableFigure |
Anatoly Marienhof
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ivan Gruzinov NERFINISHED ⓘ Rurik Ivnev NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergei Yesenin NERFINISHED ⓘ Vadim Shershenevich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-Revolutionary Russian culture ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | short-lived movement ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Russian Futurism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russian Symbolism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Russian poetry ⓘ |
| medium |
literary journals
ⓘ
poetry collections ⓘ |
| movementPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
didactic poetry
ⓘ
overly rationalist poetics ⓘ |
| peakActivityPeriod | 1918–1924 ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | Imagism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selfDefinition | poetry of images ⓘ |
| thematicFocus |
existential experience
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personal emotion ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| usesDevice |
metaphor-centered composition
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unexpected image juxtapositions ⓘ |
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