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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Parnassianism canonical 11
French Parnassianism 1
Parnassian movement 1

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Statements (50)

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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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ