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adjective
- 1. relating to poetry; poetic. literary
- 2. denoting a group of French poets of the late 19th century who emphasized strictness of form, named from the anthology Le Parnasse contemporain (1866): "the Parnassian movement"
noun
- 1. a member of the Parnassian group of poets: "the poetic values of the Parnassians"
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Parnassian. adjective. Par· nas· si· an pär-ˈna-sē-ən. 1. [Latin parnassius of Parnassus, from Greek parnasios, from Parnasos Parnassus, mountain in Greece sacred to Apollo and the Muses] : of or relating to poetry. 2.
Parnassian, member of a group—headed by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle—of 19th-century French poets who stressed restraint, objectivity, technical perfection, and precise description as a reaction against the emotionalism and verbal imprecision of the Romantics.
of, relating to, or noting a school of French poets of the latter half of the 19th century, characterized chiefly by a belief in art for art's sake, by an emphasis on metrical form, and by the repression of emotive elements: so called from Le Parnasse Contemporain, the title of their first collection of poems, published in 1866.
Parnassianism (or Parnassism) was a group of French poets that began during the positivist period of the 19th century (1860s–1890s), occurring after romanticism and prior to symbolism. The style was influenced by the author Théophile Gautier as well as by the philosophical ideas of Arthur Schopenhauer. [1] Origins and name.
Parnassian in British English. (pɑːˈnæsɪən ) noun. 1. one of a school of French poets of the late 19th century who wrote verse that emphasized metrical form and restricted emotion. adjective. 2. of or relating to the Parnassians or their poetry. Collins English Dictionary.
n. A member of a school of late 19th-century French poets whose work is characterized by detachment and emphasis on metrical form. adj. 1. Of or relating to Parnassus. 2. Of or relating to poetry.
There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the word Parnassian. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Quick Reference. A group of French poets, headed by Leconte de Lisle, who sought restraint, precision, and objectivity in poetry, in reaction to the emotional extravagances of Romanticism. Their name derives from the three collections of their work published under the title Le Parnasse contemporain, in 1866, 1871, and 1876.
Parnassian definition, pertaining to Mount Parnassus. See more.
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May 14, 2018 · Parnassians (pärnăs´ēənz), group of 19th-century French poets, so called from their journal the Parnasse contemporain. Issued from 1866 to 1876, it included poems of Leconte de Lisle, Banville, Sully-Prudhomme, Verlaine, Coppée, and J. M. de Heredia.
