Grant Wood’s American Gothic (1930) is a painting that needs no introduction. It’s a deceptively simple work of art—a seemingly straightforward portrait of an old farmer and his daughter ...
Gothic literature often contrasts different types of characters: victims and predators, good and evil. They are full of strange and often supernatural characters like ghosts, vampires and werewolves.
Have you been struck by how often American socio-political discourse sound like Gothic fictions? The Gothic is a pervasive mode in America, one which expresses and negotiates a variety of social ...
My Professorship is from September 2020 to September 2024. Research interests My research and teaching focuses on Gothic literature and Horror Film, although I also teach American literature and ...
Gothic novels, disability in literature, pedagogy, colonial American witchcraft trials, American literature, and transatlantic literary studies. Bridget M. Marshall's most recent book is "Industrial ...
On this day in 1980, Charles Osgood shared the story of the woman who inspired the female figure in one of America's most famous paintings. Taking advantage of an obscure rule, Chargers' Dicker ...