Acmeist poetry

Acmeism (from Greek ακμη, tip ',' maturity ',' culmination of a process ', Russian акмеизм (see Akme ) ) denotes a Russian literary movement of Modernism in both 1910 and 1920.

The group of Akmeisten was formed in 1911 and wanted to replace with the creation of a new aesthetic in Russia, the mysticism, the complicated ambiguity and the occult symbolism. In contrast to the symbolism, the Acmeism tried to objectivity and clarity of presentation.

The name of the group, which was adopted at the 3rd meeting at the home of Anna Akhmatova, should indicate the desired high performance. The basic trend was the emphasis of the originally - earthly and of craftsmanship and a solution of mystical symbolism. From the perspective of the Symbolists, the concentration threatened to rem the view of the intellectual ground of the visible world to adjust. Other names for the lyrics of the Acmeism as " neoclassicism ", " Adamismus " and " Klarismus " show the environment of the Acmeism.

In contrast to Futurism, which also emerged as a countermovement to the symbolism, was the Acmeism not interested in a revolutionary change in the versification. Rather at a rather balanced, conscious and explicit use of everyday language in the poetic field

Nikolai Gumilev, the theoretical head of the group of Akmeisten, gathered some other artists, such as Sergei Gorodetsky, Anna Akhmatova, Osip Mandelstam, among other things around. Among the most important precursors were Mikhail Kuzmin and Innokenty Annenski. In 1911 she founded the association " Poets Guild " (Russian Цех поэтов ) in St. Petersburg / Petrograd, the organizational center of the group. In 1913 they published the magazine " Apollon ", published in the poems and theoretical articles.

About the strong influence that had the most important representatives of Acmeism to the Russian poetry of the 20th century in the Soviet Union and in the Russian exile literature, the term remained to define much later incurred poetry in contrast to the symbolism futurism or receive.

Swell

  • Haren Berg Encyclopedia of World Literature, ISBN 978-3-611-00338-7.
  • W. Kasack: Encyclopedia of Russian literature of the 20th century.
  • Acmeism ( literature)
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