gothic
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But he felt it was time for a modern revision, a Southern Gothic fever dream that reflects the complexities of life today.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
An exhibition at the Met highlights the art of Gothic drawings—remarkably meticulous designs for a range of astonishing European structures.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
It’s a story decidedly in the American Gothic mode.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
I am blindfolded and seated in a vintage armchair set in the center of a darkened, red-lit room with Gothic accents.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
She had been imagining the scene of a crime, a Gothic cathedral, whose flamboyant vaulting would be flooded with brazen light of scarlet and indigo from a stained-glass backdrop of lurid suffering.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing gothic
Reading: Literature - Fiction - High School
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Literary Genres - Advanced
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Reading: Literature - Literary Genres - High School
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