Guild of Poets (Acmeists)
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The Guild of Poets (Acmeists) was an early 20th-century Russian literary group that championed clarity, concrete imagery, and precise language in poetry as a reaction against Symbolist obscurity.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Guild of Poets (Acmeists) canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian literary movement
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literary group ⓘ poetry movement ⓘ |
| aimedFor |
clarity in poetry
ⓘ
concrete imagery ⓘ precise language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Acmeist school
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Poets’ Guild NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| declineCause |
execution of Nikolai Gumilev
ⓘ
political repression in Soviet Russia ⓘ |
| doctrine |
affirmation of earthly reality
ⓘ
exact word choice ⓘ rejection of mystical vagueness ⓘ |
| emphasized |
craftsmanship in poetry
ⓘ
formal discipline ⓘ tangible, material images ⓘ |
| field | literature ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Nikolai Gumilev
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sergei Gorodetsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Anna Akhmatova
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mikhail Zenkevich NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikolai Gumilev NERFINISHED ⓘ Osip Mandelstam NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergei Gorodetsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Narbut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
World War I era
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pre-revolutionary Russian culture ⓘ |
| inception |
1910s
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early 20th century ⓘ |
| influenced | 20th-century Russian poetry ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French Parnassianism
NERFINISHED
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Orthodox Christian culture ⓘ classical antiquity ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| legacy |
influence on later Russian lyric poetry
ⓘ
model of clear, concrete poetic style ⓘ |
| location | Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Acmeism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedTo | Russian Symbolism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Silver Age of Russian poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reactionAgainst | Symbolist obscurity ⓘ |
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