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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