Southern Gothic

noun

1. a literary genre depicting life in the southern US and featuring grotesque themes and imagery

Example Sentences

On “Bleeds” by her rootsy indie-rock band Wednesday, singer-songwriter Karly Hartzman burrowed into Southern Gothic narratives and emerged with sharply observed and darkly funny tales of marginalized characters set to the best music of her career.

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“Out in the Garden,” from September, hits some of the Southern gothic moods of Ethel Cain, but with a sense of acidic pity that’s all her own.

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Along the way, she visits strange and mystical worlds packed with nods to Southern Gothic motifs and the complicated, real-life history of the region.

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Negron’s stylistic and storytelling influences are varied: from the retro technology and stylish imagery of “The Rocketeer” to a Southern Gothic aesthetic born of a Baptist upbringing.

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Accent and idiom are firmly in command as she transitions from Southern Gothic to surrealist horror, never losing sight of a character who’s as fragile as she is formidable.

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