Impressionism (literature)

Influenced by the Impressionist art movement, many writers adopted a style that relied on associations. The Dutch Tachtigers explicitly tried to incorporate impressionism into their novels, poems, and other literary works. Much of what we would call "impressionist" literature is actually subsumed into a number of categories, especially Symbolism, with its chief exponents being Baudelaire, Mallarme, Rimbaud, and Verlaine. Later exemplars of this type of poetry in the 20th century might include Rene Char and Paul Claudel, though they might resist this appelation.

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Impressionist - Dutch - Tachtigers - Symbolism - Baudelaire - Mallarme - Rimbaud - Verlaine - Rene Char - Paul Claudel

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