The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight HourJune 14, 2016

Gothic fantasy horror would be outstripped by real horror as the truth of mechanised warfare dawned on an innocent world in 1914. The language of Gothic would increasingly come to encapsulate the horrors of the 20th century - from Marx's analysis of 'vampiric' capitalism to Conrad's dark vision of imperialism and TS Eliot's image of The Wasteland, a Gothic narrative seemed to make more sense of the modern world more than any other.

The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour was broadcast on BBC4 at Tuesday 14 June 2016, 06:19. This episode was initially placed on Monday 3 November 2014.