| Acknowledgement | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-9页 |
| Ⅰ． Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| Ⅱ． Themes of Poe's Short Stories | 第13-43页 |
| 2．1 Poe-A Tortured and Rebellious Soul | 第13-15页 |
| 2．2 Themes in Tales of Mystery and Imagination | 第15-43页 |
| 2．2．1 The Theme of Split Personality-The Fall of the House of Usher and William Wilson | 第17-22页 |
| 2．2．2 The Theme of Obsession-Ligeia, The Black Cat, and The Tell-Tale Heart | 第22-32页 |
| 2．2．3 The Theme of Death-The Pit and the Pendulum and The Masque of the Red Death | 第32-38页 |
| 2．2．4 The Theme of Isolation and Alienation-The Man of the Crowd | 第38-43页 |
| Ⅲ． Poe's Influence on Modern Writers | 第43-61页 |
| 3．1 A General View-the Charm of Poe's Themes | 第43-47页 |
| 3．2 Poe and Baudelaire | 第47-53页 |
| 3．3 Poe and Dostoevsky | 第53-61页 |
| Ⅳ． Conclusion | 第61-66页 |
| Notes | 第66-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-72页 |
