gothic

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In the 1920s and 30s the Marine Drive corniche, with its Art Deco buildings was constructed, birthing a uniquely modern architectural style that departed from the earlier Victorian Gothic character.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

One is the dense, dialect-heavy Gothic novel, 300-plus pages of exposition told second- or even thirdhand.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026

Viollet-le-Duc’s conception of Gothic architecture, shorn of religious, sentimental and romantic associations, was radically modern.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Yet as Fennell has proven in a slew of interviews about the already polemical film, released Friday, the relationship between Brontë’s Gothic epic and its latest adaptation is more complicated than that.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

“The whole Gothic line is in danger of collapsing!”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller