Parnasism

Parnasism was a literary style charactertic of French poetry during the positivist period, between romanticism and symbolism. The name is derived from Le Parnasse contemporain, an anthology of the works of Paul Verlaine and Stephane Mallarmé appearing in 1866, 1871 and 1876. The roots of the style can be traced back to the 1840s, with its precursor attributed to Théophile Gautier.