relating to a group of French poets of the late 19th century who emphasized strictness of form, named from the anthology Le Parnasse contemporain (1866):
Parnassian, French Parnassien, 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.
(comparative more Parnassian, superlative most Parnassian) Of or relating to Parnassus, as the source of literary (especially poetic) inspiration; (hence) of or belonging to poetry, poetic.
The Parnassians derived their name from the anthology to which they contributed: Le Parnasse Contemporain (3 vol., 1866, 1871, 1876), edited by Louis-Xavier de Ricard and Catulle Mendès and published by Alphonse Lemerre.
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.
Web1. [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. …
Webadj. 1. Of or relating to Parnassus. 2. Of or relating to poetry. [French parnassien, after Le Parnasse contemporain ("The Contemporary Parnassus"), the group's first anthology of …
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WebParnassian definition: A member of a school of late 19th-century French poets whose work is characterized by detachment and emphasis on metrical form.
WebParnassian. Of or pertaining to Parnassus. Parnassian. One of a school of French poets of the Second Empire (1852-70) who emphasized metrical form and made little use of …
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Webn. Literature a member of the Parnassian school of French poets. Latin Parnassi ( us) of Parnassus + - an. 1635–45. Par•nas′si•an•ism, Par•nas′sism, n. Collins Concise English …
