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Explore the Unitarian Gothic!

Unitarian authors are disproportionately represented in the tradition of gothic literature.   This anthology includes some of the best of work of those authors, alongside a critical introduction explaining their links to Unitarian Theology.  Some might be surprised to learn that Unitarianism, closely associated with the Enlightenment and its positive valuation of reason and human nature, also has such a large claim to the dark, clammy dungeons of the gothic. …