| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter One:Introduction | 第8-16页 |
| ·Sylvia Plath's Literary Life | 第8-11页 |
| ·Related Critiques On Sylvia Plath | 第11-13页 |
| ·Female Experience | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter Two:Plath in Imitation | 第16-31页 |
| ·The Oppressed Plath in the 1950s | 第16-18页 |
| ·Pomes of Juvenilia | 第18-21页 |
| ·Poems from 1956 to 1959 | 第21-31页 |
| ·Impact from Ted Hughes | 第21-24页 |
| ·Powerful Male Image | 第24-27页 |
| ·Submissive Female Image | 第27-31页 |
| Chapter Three:Plath in Protest | 第31-45页 |
| ·Anger at Men | 第31-33页 |
| ·Demand for Women's Autonomy | 第33-45页 |
| ·Experience as a Mother | 第34-39页 |
| ·Experience as a Poet | 第39-45页 |
| Chapter Four:Plath in Self-Discovery | 第45-50页 |
| ·The Language and Its Strength | 第45-47页 |
| ·Permanent Concern over Poetry | 第45-47页 |
| ·Powerful Words | 第47页 |
| ·Self-Discovery through Death | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter Five:Conclusion | 第50-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-56页 |
| 详细摘要 | 第56-58页 |