二十世纪是人类历史上多灾多难的一段时期,美国在这一时期亦经历了美国梦的破灭、理想的丧失等物质和精神的双重失落,而不得不面对残酷的现实。这一时期美国的经历似乎吻合了人类始祖从伊甸园堕落入人间的“人类堕落”这一大的主题。《春寒》在这个意义上可以被解读为某种程度上的 The twentieth century was a long period of human suffering in the history of mankind. During this period, the United States also experienced the double loss of the substance and spirit such as the disintegration of the American dream and the loss of idealism, and had to face the cruel reality. The experience of the United States during this period seems to coincide with the major theme of “human degradation” of the human ancestor’s degeneration from the Garden of Eden. “Cold Spring” can be interpreted to some extent in this sense