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Symbolist

usgb/ˈsɪmbəlɪst/Volume
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Relates to a specific 19th-century art and literature movement focusing on using symbolic imagery. SlideHis work is clearly influenced by the symbolist movement.
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Symbolists aimed to express emotions and the mystical through their use of symbols. SlideIn her poetry, she is a symbolist expressing the ineffable.
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Symbolist works are not meant to be taken literally; they hold deeper meanings. SlideThe symbolist novel played with themes of love and death.
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