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

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“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

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Television 2014…

Back-to-back on Mondays 17

Movies…1993, 1999

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Not your old comic or cartoon 19

Archetype?

Irving’s version—“The Specter Bridegroom”

Hawthorne’s version—“The Wedding Knell”

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