American Gothicn.adj.

Brit.

/əˌmɛrᵻk(ə)n ˈɡɒθɪk/, U.S.

/əˌmɛr(ə)k(ə)n ˈɡɑθɪk/

Forms: also with lower-case initial in the second element.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: American adj., Gothic n.

Etymology: < American adj. + Gothic n.; in sense B. after the title of the painting American Gothic (see note at sense B.). With sense A. 2 compare slightly earlier Southern Gothic adj. and n. at southern adj. and n.¹ Compounds 2.

A. n.

1. Architecture. A style of architecture incorporating Gothic elements, originating in the United States during the 19th cent. Cf. Gothic Revival n. at Gothic adj. 3d.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [noun] > Gothic > Gothic revival

revival1806

churchwarden1821

American Gothic1836

Strawberry Hill1836

Gothic1841

Puginesquery1848

Gothic Revival1869

1836 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 369 Grace Church in New York, which is also a specimen of the early American Gothic. The windows..are only distinguished as Gothic by having the pointed arch.

1891 N.Y. Times 12 Apr. 4/4 American Gothic consists of all phases of Gothic architecture boiled down into one design.

1976 Newsweek (Nexis) 3 May 87 Outmoded genres like American Gothic, Beaux-Arts and Art Nouveau are sneaking back into the public and critical consciousness.

2007 Chatham (Ont.) Daily News (Nexis) 7 Apr. 15 Built in 1879 as the residence of the village grocer, the American Gothic home began operations as a B&B in 1989.

2. A genre of fiction adapting aspects of Gothic literature (cf. Gothic adj. and n. Additions) to an American setting; a work in this genre. Cf. Southern Gothic adj. and n. at southern adj. and n.¹ Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > other types of novel

political novel1735

comic novel1787

epistolary1804

autobiographical novel1832

Robinsonade1837

roman1867

sea-book1867

roman à clef1882

roman expérimental1884

hill-top novel1895

saga1895

Bildungsroman1910

pulp fiction1931

American Gothic1938

Künstlerroman1941

suspense novel1952

nouveau roman1959

sword and sorcery1961

graphic novel1964

non-fiction novel1965

schlockbuster1966

dark fantasy1968

celebrity novel1969

swashbuckler1975

chick lit1988

splatterpunk1988

Aga saga1992

1938 New Eng. Q 11 84 The father of American Gothic literature, Brockden Brown, also read it assiduously.

1951 N.Y. Times 23 May 33 (advt.) He conveys the quality of the American gothic as no other writer I know has done.

1976 Newsweek (Nexis) 17 May 111 The screenplay..has all the ingredients of an American Gothic, and that's what you get.

2003 Mod. Lang. Stud. 33 42/1 [The writer's] thinking is clearly indebted to Toni Morrison's recognition..of an implicit association between the darkness of American Gothic and the darkness of race.

B. adj. (attributive).

Chiefly U.S. Of or relating to traditional rural society in the United States.With allusion to the title of Grant Wood's painting American Gothic (1930) (widely regarded as emblematic of American rural life), depicting a dour-faced man and woman in front of a Midwestern farmhouse built in the American Gothic style.

ΚΠ

1962 N.Y. Times 14 Sept. 22/1 This American Gothic town in the Indiana cornfields.

1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 22 Apr. a7/1 There's not much to do in the American Gothic hamlets of the Corn Belt. They cut the lawn, drink coffee and, evidently, gossip a good deal.

2001 Times (Nexis) 10 Apr. They refined the charge against Ronald Reagan, allegedly a lightweight hick whose American Gothic simplicities would pitchfork us into war.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	american gothic
释义	American Gothicn.adj. Brit. /əˌmɛrᵻk(ə)n ˈɡɒθɪk/, U.S. /əˌmɛr(ə)k(ə)n ˈɡɑθɪk/ Forms: also with lower-case initial in the second element. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: American adj., Gothic n. Etymology: < American adj. + Gothic n.; in sense B. after the title of the painting American Gothic (see note at sense B.). With sense A. 2 compare slightly earlier Southern Gothic adj. and n. at southern adj. and n.¹ Compounds 2. A. n. 1. Architecture. A style of architecture incorporating Gothic elements, originating in the United States during the 19th cent. Cf. Gothic Revival n. at Gothic adj. 3d. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [noun] > Gothic > Gothic revival revival1806 churchwarden1821 American Gothic1836 Strawberry Hill1836 Gothic1841 Puginesquery1848 Gothic Revival1869 1836 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 369 Grace Church in New York, which is also a specimen of the early American Gothic. The windows..are only distinguished as Gothic by having the pointed arch. 1891 N.Y. Times 12 Apr. 4/4 American Gothic consists of all phases of Gothic architecture boiled down into one design. 1976 Newsweek (Nexis) 3 May 87 Outmoded genres like American Gothic, Beaux-Arts and Art Nouveau are sneaking back into the public and critical consciousness. 2007 Chatham (Ont.) Daily News (Nexis) 7 Apr. 15 Built in 1879 as the residence of the village grocer, the American Gothic home began operations as a B&B in 1989. 2. A genre of fiction adapting aspects of Gothic literature (cf. Gothic adj. and n. Additions) to an American setting; a work in this genre. Cf. Southern Gothic adj. and n. at southern adj. and n.¹ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > other types of novel political novel1735 comic novel1787 epistolary1804 autobiographical novel1832 Robinsonade1837 roman1867 sea-book1867 roman à clef1882 roman expérimental1884 hill-top novel1895 saga1895 Bildungsroman1910 pulp fiction1931 American Gothic1938 Künstlerroman1941 suspense novel1952 nouveau roman1959 sword and sorcery1961 graphic novel1964 non-fiction novel1965 schlockbuster1966 dark fantasy1968 celebrity novel1969 swashbuckler1975 chick lit1988 splatterpunk1988 Aga saga1992 1938 New Eng. Q 11 84 The father of American Gothic literature, Brockden Brown, also read it assiduously. 1951 N.Y. Times 23 May 33 (advt.) He conveys the quality of the American gothic as no other writer I know has done. 1976 Newsweek (Nexis) 17 May 111 The screenplay..has all the ingredients of an American Gothic, and that's what you get. 2003 Mod. Lang. Stud. 33 42/1 [The writer's] thinking is clearly indebted to Toni Morrison's recognition..of an implicit association between the darkness of American Gothic and the darkness of race. B. adj. (attributive). Chiefly U.S. Of or relating to traditional rural society in the United States.With allusion to the title of Grant Wood's painting American Gothic (1930) (widely regarded as emblematic of American rural life), depicting a dour-faced man and woman in front of a Midwestern farmhouse built in the American Gothic style. ΚΠ 1962 N.Y. Times 14 Sept. 22/1 This American Gothic town in the Indiana cornfields. 1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 22 Apr. a7/1 There's not much to do in the American Gothic hamlets of the Corn Belt. They cut the lawn, drink coffee and, evidently, gossip a good deal. 2001 Times (Nexis) 10 Apr. They refined the charge against Ronald Reagan, allegedly a lightweight hick whose American Gothic simplicities would pitchfork us into war. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1836
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