| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-15页 |
| ·Biographical Sketch of Charles Lamb and the Literary Value of Essays of Elia and Last Essays of Elia | 第8-10页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第10-12页 |
| ·Significance of This Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research Method and Structure of This Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter One Emergence of Familiar Style and Lamb as a Periodical Essayist | 第15-26页 |
| ·Reorganization of Educaiton and Growth of Reading Public | 第15-18页 |
| ·Commercialization of Literary Writing and Emergence of Familiar Style | 第18-21页 |
| ·Introduction to London Magazine and Charles Lamb as a Periodical Essayist | 第21-26页 |
| Chapter Two Social Context and the Thematic Choices of Lamb’s Essays | 第26-40页 |
| ·The Political Unrest and Lamb’s Nostalgia | 第26-29页 |
| ·Increased Social Equality and Lamb’s Sketches of Ordinary People | 第29-33页 |
| ·Economic Development and Lamb’s Sympathy for the Poor and Enjoyment of Urban Delight | 第33-40页 |
| Chapter Three Aesthetic Features of Lamb’s Essays | 第40-46页 |
| ·Plain Diction Dotted with Biblical and Mythological Allusions and Quotations from Literary Giants | 第40-41页 |
| ·Rhythm and the Expressiveness of Lamb’s Essays | 第41-46页 |
| Conclusion | 第46-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-52页 |
