Parnassianism

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French literary movement literary movement

Parnassianism was a 19th-century French literary movement that championed formal precision, impersonal objectivity, and “art for art’s sake” in reaction against Romantic subjectivity.

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instanceOf French literary movement ⓘ
literary movement ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
criticalStance preference for craftsmanship over inspiration ⓘ
rejection of personal confession in poetry ⓘ
emphasizes impersonal tone ⓘ
impersonal treatment of subject matter ⓘ
objective description ⓘ
favoredForm fixed poetic forms ⓘ
sonnet ⓘ
firstMajorAnthologyPublicationDate 1866 ⓘ
genreFocus poetry ⓘ
hasCharacteristic anti-Romanticism ⓘ
art for art’s sake ⓘ
classical restraint ⓘ
descriptive precision ⓘ
formal precision ⓘ
impersonal objectivity ⓘ
impersonality ⓘ
objectivism in poetry ⓘ
technical perfection ⓘ
hasNotableAuthor Catulle Mendès NERFINISHED ⓘ
François Coppée NERFINISHED ⓘ
José-Maria de Heredia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leconte de Lisle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paul Verlaine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stéphane Mallarmé NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sully Prudhomme NERFINISHED ⓘ
Théodore de Banville NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Decadent movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
Symbolism NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy Classical antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ
Theophile Gautier’s doctrine of art for art’s sake ⓘ
language French ⓘ
literaryContext post-Romantic French poetry ⓘ
movementPeriod 19th century ⓘ
namedAfter Mount Parnassus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parnassus, home of the Muses in Greek mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Le Parnasse contemporain NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposes didacticism in poetry ⓘ
emotional effusion ⓘ
peakActivity 1860s–1880s ⓘ
publicationAssociatedWith Le Parnasse contemporain NERFINISHED ⓘ
reactionAgainst Romantic subjectivity ⓘ
Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1860s ⓘ
typicalThemes exotic landscapes ⓘ
historical subjects ⓘ
mythology ⓘ
sculptural imagery ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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French symbolism → influencedBy → Parnassianism ⓘ
Les Trophées → literaryMovement → Parnassianism ⓘ
Sully → movement → Parnassianism ⓘ
subject surface form: Sully Prudhomme
Rubén Darío → influencedBy → Parnassianism ⓘ
Le Dormeur du val → literaryMovement → Parnassianism ⓘ
Théodore de Banville → movement → Parnassianism ⓘ
Servet-i Fünun → influencedBy → Parnassianism ⓘ