Round 8: Tossup 18

A work promoting this movement includes a mock drama in which “Erato” defends this movement against the detractor Theodore de Banville. “The Peacocks” author Gustave Kahn co-founded a periodical for publishing works from this movement. A foundational poem for this movement opens by describing nature as a temple with “living pillars” and man wandering a forest of this movement’s central objects. The influence of synesthesia on this movement is reflected in a poem in which each vowel is associated with a specific color. Jean Moréas’s (10[1])(“mo-ray-OSS’s”) manifesto for this movement champions a poet who opened a collection with an address to the “hypocrite” reader. (10[1])For 10 points, the Decadent movement is contrasted with what French movement that grew from the publication of Les Fleurs du Mal? ■END■

ANSWER: Symbolism
<JF, European Literature> | Packet H - Yale A, Ohio State C, Illinois C, Virginia Tech B, MIT A
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Matthew HeTexas ATexas B8410
Kanyon BeckMurray State ATexas A&M A10210

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
California (North)Main Site3100%0%70.67
California (South)Main Site475%25%102.67
CanadaMain Site1283%17%84.70
FloridaMain Site367%0%82.00
Great LakesMain Site4100%25%106.25
MidwestMain Site863%38%83.60
OverflowMain Site4100%25%84.50
South CentralMain Site2100%0%93.00
SoutheastMain Site875%13%101.33
UKMain Site1292%33%100.45
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site888%13%80.57
Upstate NYMain Site450%0%79.00