In this thesis,compared with pioneer ladies,Alexandra and Antonia,the lost ladies Mrs.Forrest and Myra Henshawe worshipped mammonism as its slaves,hypocritical Christians rather than devoted disciples,unbuttoned hedon...In this thesis,compared with pioneer ladies,Alexandra and Antonia,the lost ladies Mrs.Forrest and Myra Henshawe worshipped mammonism as its slaves,hypocritical Christians rather than devoted disciples,unbuttoned hedonists rather than weather-beaten and down-to-earth innovators.Cynically fear of poverty,those depraved ladies elegized the previous ostenta tious years contrasted to those industrious pioneers of anti-temptation,immune to hedonism and materialism,and died nameless ly,a symbol of decadence of the pioneering age.展开更多
文摘In this thesis,compared with pioneer ladies,Alexandra and Antonia,the lost ladies Mrs.Forrest and Myra Henshawe worshipped mammonism as its slaves,hypocritical Christians rather than devoted disciples,unbuttoned hedonists rather than weather-beaten and down-to-earth innovators.Cynically fear of poverty,those depraved ladies elegized the previous ostenta tious years contrasted to those industrious pioneers of anti-temptation,immune to hedonism and materialism,and died nameless ly,a symbol of decadence of the pioneering age.
