Modernist poetry refers to poetry written between 1890 and 1930 in the tradition of modernist literature; the dates of the term depend upon a number of factors, including the nation of origin, the particular school in question, and the biases of the critic setting the dates. It is usually said to have begun with the French Symbolist movement. Through much of the post-renaissance, poetry in the major European languages had focused on development of large scale prosodic structure, reference and ornament, in a tradition that was seen as stretching back to the works of Dante Alighieri and Petrarch. By the 19th century a large range of established forms and norms had been established in French, English, German, Italian, Spanish and Russian, and these norms were the standard against which new works were judged.
See also
edit- Modernist poetry in English
- Modernist poetry in French
- Modernist poetry in German
- Modernist poetry in Italian
- Modernist poetry in Polish
- Modernist poetry in Russia
- Modernist poetry in Spanish
- Dada
- Symbolism
- The Blue Rider
- Oulipo
- List of modernist poets
- List of English-language first and second generation modernist writers
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