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Nevermore!
American Gothic
Pretty! 2
Architecture-Colleges
• emphasis on vertical
• stone (grey or brown)
• Oglethorpe University
• Berry College
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Architecture-Churches• Tall, narrow windows
• Pointed arches
• “Reaching upward”
St. Mark United MethodistCathedral of Christ the King
Old government buildings
Old State Capitol—Milledgeville
Court House—
Clayton County
Imposing! 4
ooo! 5
“Modern” Gothic—Office Buildings
• One Atlantic Center (Downtown Atlanta)
Scary stuff! 6
What might you find?
•Magic– “Surprise!”
•Mystery– “How did that happen?”
•Supernatural– “We’re back!” (from the dead)
"Where did that come from?" 7
Origins
Europe 1st Herman Walpole The Castle of Otranto(1764)Ann Radcliffe was very popular
The Romance of the Forest (1791)The Mysteries of Udolpho ((1794)
Shelley’s Frankenstein and Stoker’s Dracula might be better known
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Charles Brockden Brown
• 1st American to attempt writing as a profession—1790’s
• Published seven novels in four years
• Paranormal science
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Washington Irving
• Iconic characters
Ichabod Crane
Headless Horseman
Rip Van Winkle
Edgar Allan Poe
“The Black Cat”Creepy! 10
“The Cask of Amontillado”
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Puritan ancestor
guilt, sin, hypocrisy, alienation
Remorse? 11
eek! 12
Details You Should Expect
• Death
• Darkness (night)
• Isolation
• Mental instability
• Chains
• Owls, ravens, vultures
• Ghosts
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Today?
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Bestsellers
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From Book to Movie
Television then…
Dark Shadows 1966-1971 soap opera
American Gothic 1995—only one season
ooo! 16
Television 2014…
Back-to-back on Mondays 17
Movies…1993, 1999
ooo! 18
Not your old comic or cartoon 19
Archetype?
Irving’s version—“The Specter Bridegroom”
Hawthorne’s version—“The Wedding Knell”
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