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imaginism
Sign in to savethumb|Sitting: Vadim Shershenevich and [[Sergey Yesenin; standing: Fanny Shereshevskaya, Anatoly Marienhof, 1919]] Imaginism was a 1918–1925 literary association of Russian poets of the Silver Age. Representatives of imaginism stated that the purpose of creativity is to create an image. The main expressive means of imaginists is metaphor, often metaphorical chains that juxtapose various elements of two images: direct and figurative. The creative practice of the imaginists was characterized by outrageous, anarchic motives.
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thumb|Sitting: Vadim Shershenevich and [[Sergey Yesenin; standing: Fanny Shereshevskaya, Anatoly Marienhof, 1919]] Imaginism was a 1918–1925 literary association of Russian poets of the Silver Age. Representatives of imaginism stated that the purpose of creativity is to create an image. The main expressive means of imaginists is metaphor, often metaphorical chains that juxtapose various elements of two images: direct and figurative. The creative practice of the imaginists was characterized by outrageous, anarchic motives.
==History==