| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| American Gothic |
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| A painting by the twentieth-century American artist Grant Wood. It shows a gaunt farmer and a woman standing in front of a farmhouse; the man holds a pitchfork, and both wear severe expressions. | 1 |
| ‡ American Gothic has been the subject of many parodies on magazine covers and in advertising. | 2 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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