单词 | American Gothic |
释义 | American Gothicnoun 1A noted 1930 painting by Grant Wood (1891–1942), depicting a dour-faced farmer and his daughter in front of their house, with a Gothic-style window in the background. It is representative of traditional American rural values, and is widely copied and parodied.We look at Grant Wood's American Gothic and imagine a storyline that goes with it....
1.1 [as modifier] Conservative in moral and social views.This Puritan idea gave rise to all sorts of conventions, but most notably, the American Gothic tradition, or modern horror....
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