Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Exclusive Demesne vs.Spiritual Homeland 1
1．Personality Distorted by Vicissitudes of Belief 3
1.1 An Incongruous Entity—Ephraim Cabot's Spirit of Puritanism and Material Desire 5
1.2 Two Ill-Proportioned Entities—Yank's Spirit of Industrialism and the Worldwide Materialism 12
1.3 Rotten-to-the-Core Entity—Marco Polo's Spirit of Materialism 16
2．Destruction Caused by Betrayal of Force Behind 21
2.1 Betrayal of Religion 22
2.2 Betrayal of Race 27
2.3 Betrayal of Nature 32
2.4 Betrayal of Consanguinity 38
2.5 Betrayal of Sea 47
2.6 Betrayal of Ideal 58
3．Pipe Dream Necessitated by Survival 64
3.1 Dream as the Intermediate Synonym of Illusion and Ideal 65
3.2 Dream for the Past—Recollection 68
3.3 Dream for the Future—Hope 78
Chapter 2 Exclusive Demesne vs.Social Panorama 90
1．Woman Images Defined by Patriarchy 91
1.1 Traditional Women 93
1.1.1 False"New Women" 93
1.1.2 Men's Accessories 99
1.1.3 Ideal Women 112
1.2 Rebellious Women 123
1.3 Destructive Women 137
2．Dehumanized Humans Created by Capitalistic Modernization 155
3．Peripheral Characters Moulded by Multi-National Fusion and Collision 168
3.1 African-Americans 170
3.1.1 Stereotyped Blacks 170
3.1.2 Blacks with Universality 174
3.2 Irish-Americans 184
3.2.1 Stereotyped Irish-Americans 185
3.2.2 Irish-Americans with Universality 189
4．Lost Men Haunted by War Shadow 204
Chapter 3 Exclusive Demesne vs.Cultural Connotation 225
1．Ancient Tragedies Restaged by Modern People 226
2．Multicultural Shock Stimulated by Different Values 247
2.1 Touch of the Poet Corrupted by Stately Mansions 248
2.2 Sensual Desire Oppressed by Life-Denying Puritanism 255
2.3 Strange Interlude Composed Between the Wars 264
Conclusion 280
Bibliography 288