Symbolism

Literary movement c. 1880-1895, originating in France and associated with writers like Mallarmé or Verlaine.

Using symbols in order to "distil a oprivate mood or to evoke the subtle affinities which were held to exist between the material and spiritual worlds" (Oxford Companion 956).

Source:

Drabble, Margaret, ed. Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985.