Meaning of Gothicise | Babel Free

Definitions

To make Gothic in style or character.

transitive

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Examples

“Director Burton skillfully mixes aspects of these [traditional horror] films with the emotional naiveté and post-modern chic of contemporary teen-films. This gives us something that resembles a gothicized Sixteen Candles or a monstrous Pretty in Pink.”

“..He was commissioned to Gothicise the royal apartments at Windsor and to work on William Beckford's house at Fonthill.”

“Her tales of benevolent ghosts Gothicise everyday domestic space.”

“Music can be a Gothicising factor in the cinema without necessarily being representative of the genre itself: the performativity of musical connotations can cause a Gothicising of the film narrative or imagery.”

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