| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-24页 |
| Chapter 1 Motivations of Escape in The Age of Anxiety | 第24-40页 |
| ·Disappointment with British and American Society of the 1940s | 第25-28页 |
| ·Self-Anxiety of the Characters | 第28-30页 |
| ·Auden's Autobiographical Presentation of the Characters | 第30-37页 |
| ·The Characters' Rootless Identity in America | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter 2 Escape from Anxiety in The Age of Anxiety | 第40-66页 |
| ·Escape from Anxiety by Fleeing into a Hallucinatory World | 第42-45页 |
| ·Escape from Anxiety through Time: "The Seven Ages" | 第45-52页 |
| ·Escape from Anxiety through Space: "The Seven Stages" | 第52-66页 |
| Chapter 3 Return to Reality in The Age of Anxiety | 第66-82页 |
| ·Lament for the Absent Savior: "The Dirge" | 第67-68页 |
| ·Searches for Salvation by Making an Earthly Paradise: "The Masque" | 第68-74页 |
| ·Disillusionment of Dreams | 第74-78页 |
| ·Acceptance of Reality and Return to Duty | 第78-82页 |
| Conclusion | 第82-86页 |
| Notes | 第86-88页 |
| Bibliography | 第88-94页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第94-96页 |
| 攻读学位期间的主要研究成果 | 第96页 |
