One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
1A noted 1930 painting by Grant Wood (1891–1942), depicting a dour-faced farmer and his daughter in front of their house, with a Gothic-style window in the background. It is representative of traditional American rural values, and is widely copied and parodied.
- ‘There are discussions on French and German writing, on Victorian and American Gothic writing up to the end of the last century, on Gothic works as presented in the cinema, and on colonial and postcolonial Gothic fiction.’
- ‘It's time we paint a new American Gothic for the 21st century.’
- ‘We look at Grant Wood's American Gothic and imagine a storyline that goes with it.’
- ‘Wood had recently exhibited his now legendary painting American Gothic at the Art Institute of Chicago to great acclaim.’
- ‘Parts of the portrait shared similarities to American Gothic, for example the sharp outline, rural qualities and the interest in pattern.’
- 1.1as modifier Conservative in moral and social views.
- ‘Director Marc Forster successfully navigates small-town American Gothic terrain, brilliantly detailing not only the association between grief and self-destruction, but also grief's capacity to engineer profound redemption.’
- ‘Yet, nevertheless, it is his more explorative work that highlights American Gothic.’
- ‘This Puritan idea gave rise to all sorts of conventions, but most notably, the American Gothic tradition, or modern horror.’
- ‘As much American Gothic as Japanese horror, it's a demanding, unsettling and memorable film.’
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