parnassian









parnassian


adjective

  1. pertaining to Mount Parnassus.
  2. pertaining to poetry.
  3. 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.

noun

  1. a member of the Parnassian school of French poets.

adjective

  1. of or relating to Mount Parnassus or poetry

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

  1. of or relating to the Parnassians or their poetry
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