Anacreontic poets

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Anacreontic poets were writers, especially of the 17th and 18th centuries, who composed light, lyrical verse celebrating love, wine, and conviviality in imitation of the ancient Greek poet Anacreon.

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Anacreontic poetry 2
Anacreontea 1
Anacreontic poets canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf group of poets
literary movement
poetic tradition
associatedWith Anacreontics
linked to: Anacreontic poets

Rococo literature
linked to: Rococo architecture

convivial poetry
courtly culture
salon culture
basedOn poetry of Anacreon
contrastedWith didactic poetry
heroic epic
religious poetry
culturalContext Enlightenment era
early modern Europe
genre lyric poetry
hasMainInfluence Anacreon
hasNotableMember Abraham Cowley
Ewald Christian von Kleist
linked to: Ewald von Kleist

Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
Friedrich von Hagedorn
Friedrich von Kleist
Jean-Baptiste Rousseau
Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim
Pietro Metastasio
Robert Herrick
Thomas Moore
Vinzenz von Koczian
imitates Anacreon
influenced Rococo poetry
light verse traditions in Europe
influencedBy ancient Greek lyric poetry
languageOfComposition English
French
German
Italian
literaryForm Anacreontic verse
periodOfFlourishing 17th century
18th century
primaryAudience educated elites
salon society
styleCharacteristic absence of high seriousness
focus on immediate pleasure
graceful diction
hedonistic outlook
light tone
musicality
playful mood
short lyrical forms
simplicity of expression
song-like structure
typicalTheme banqueting
conviviality
drinking
erotic love
love
pastoral enjoyment
sensual pleasure
wine

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Anacreon influenced Anacreontic poets
Anacreon subjectOf Anacreontea
linked to: Anacreontic poets
Anacreontic poets associatedWith Anacreontics
linked to: Anacreontic poets
Friedrich von Hagedorn movement Anacreontic poetry
linked to: Anacreontic poets
Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim movement Anacreontic poetry
linked to: Anacreontic poets