#southerarchitecture

[generallygothic]

"𝕳𝖊 𝖜𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖘𝖔𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖞 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖑𝖎𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖗𝖔𝖚𝖌𝖍 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖑𝖊𝖊𝖕𝖋𝖆𝖘𝖙 𝖈𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖙𝖗𝖞𝖘𝖎𝖉𝖊, 𝖙𝖗𝖔𝖙𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖘𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖑𝖞 𝖔𝖓 𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖘𝖔𝖋𝖙𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖓 𝖘𝖍𝖔𝖊𝖘, 𝖕𝖆𝖘𝖙 𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖉 𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖊𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖉𝖆𝖗𝖐 𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖉..." - Cormac McCarthy 🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷 Buildings, houses, and homes have been a recurring trope throughout this month's 🥀Southern Spell🥀. So far, I have only shared literature from my [forever ongoing because I heart it very much] exploration of the Southern Gothic, which means that without existing knowledge or ability to visualise an author's descriptions with complete precision, the types of buildings I'm discussing may be unfamiliar to you. The range of architecture within the Southern Gothic is grand and imposing, humble, rickety, and/or decaying... I may gather a portfolio of dream houses and nightmarish history to share on the blog with a more in-depth look at the architecture of the American south one day, but for now, here's a quick glimpse through the iconic photography of Dorothea Lange (1895 - 1965). Pictured is an antebellum plantation house built before the Civil War. Photographed in 1937, it is a shadow of its proud former self. Swipe for a glimpse at the faded interior, and the woman who, along with her partner, made home of it then. To learn more about the American Civil War and its influence on the uniquely American Southern Gothic subgenre, check out my latest blog post. 🔗: in bio. 🕷 📖The Readalong: Week 4📖 Seeking southern god(s) in 'The Paperhanger', by William Gay (2000). 🔗: PDF in bio. Will you join me? 🕷 📸: Antebellum Plantation, Greene County, Georgia, Dorothea Lange, 1937. . #southernspell #southerngothic #bookstagram #bookish #readalong #bookclub #gothicliterature #bookworm #books #spookynerd #academic #americanliterature #americangothic #literaryhistory #darkacademia #spookynerd #civilwar #history #americangothicarchitecture #blackandwhitephotography #dorothelange #1930s #slavery #antiracism #antebellumarchitecture #plantation #southerarchitecture #cormacmccarthy #southernhouse #suttree https://www.instagram.com/p/CDMAlpoAsxE/?igshid=tn04gbcleugm