Parnassianism

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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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Parnassianism canonical 11
French Parnassianism 1
Parnassian movement 1

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Predicate Object
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
François Coppée
José-Maria de Heredia
Leconte de Lisle
Paul Verlaine
Stéphane Mallarmé
Sully Prudhomme
Théodore de Banville
influenced Decadent movement
linked to: Decadentism

Symbolism
influencedBy Classical antiquity
Theophile Gautier’s doctrine of art for art’s sake
language French
literaryContext post-Romantic French poetry
movementPeriod 19th century
namedAfter Mount Parnassus
Parnassus, home of the Muses in Greek mythology
notableWork Le Parnasse contemporain
opposes didacticism in poetry
emotional effusion
peakActivity 1860s–1880s
publicationAssociatedWith Le Parnasse contemporain
reactionAgainst Romantic subjectivity
Romanticism
startTime 1860s
typicalThemes exotic landscapes
historical subjects
mythology
sculptural imagery

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French symbolism influencedBy Parnassianism
Les Trophées literaryMovement Parnassianism
Sully Prudhomme movement Parnassianism
subject linked to: Sully
Rubén Darío influencedBy Parnassianism
Le Dormeur du val literaryMovement Parnassianism
Théodore de Banville movement Parnassianism
Servet-i Fünun influencedBy Parnassianism
Émaux et camées literaryMovement Parnassianism
Émaux et camées associatedWith Parnassian movement
linked to: Parnassianism
Émaux et camées influenced Parnassian poets
linked to: Parnassianism
Guild of Poets (Acmeists) influencedBy French Parnassianism
linked to: Parnassianism
Los raros influencedBy Parnassianism