The Puritan Origins of American Sex
Subtitle: Religion, Sexuality, and National Identity in American Literature
Publisher: Routledge
Published: November 17, 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780415926409
First sentence: The theological underpinnings of the Puritan civic order in the New World demanded of its citizenry interior vigilance, lest they fall prey to "sathan's wiley baites."