| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第6页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Chapter One The Influence of Dickenson's Life Experiences upon Her Poetic Creation | 第8-18页 |
| Ⅰ． Intellectual Resources | 第9-11页 |
| Ⅱ． Religious Influence | 第11-14页 |
| Ⅲ． Unrequited Love | 第14-18页 |
| Chapter Two Dickenson's Poetic Methods and Her Major Ideas Reflected in Her Poems | 第18-58页 |
| Ⅰ． Dickenson's Poetic Methods | 第18-24页 |
| Ⅱ． Dickenson's Major Ideas Reflected in Her Poems | 第24-58页 |
| 1． Essence of Nature: Baffling,Elusive,and Perhaps Destructive | 第24-32页 |
| 1．1 Eulogizing the Liveliness and Beauty of Nature | 第24-26页 |
| 1．2 In Pursuit of the Unity of Nature and Human Being | 第26-28页 |
| 1．3 Man's Alienation from Nature | 第28-31页 |
| 1．4 Full of Mysteries and Threats | 第31-32页 |
| 2． Poetry and Art: Craftsmanship, Personality and Imagination | 第32-38页 |
| 2．1 Confidence in future Readers and the Destiny of Her Poems | 第33-34页 |
| 2．2 The Importance of the Poetic Imagination | 第34-36页 |
| 2．3 Comments on the Poet's Tactics | 第36-38页 |
| 3． Love, Friendship, and Society:”Love of the All” | 第38-45页 |
| 3．1 Sorrow from Lost Friends | 第39-40页 |
| 3．2 Renunciation of a Proffered Love | 第40-42页 |
| 3．3 A Spiritual Reunion with a Beloved Person | 第42-44页 |
| 3．4 A Glance at Society | 第44-45页 |
| 4． Suffering: A Way to Growth | 第45-51页 |
| 4．1 Deprivation: A Cause of Suffering | 第46-47页 |
| 4．2 Disintegration Resulting from Anguish | 第47-50页 |
| 4．3 Painful Struggles for Spiritual Growth | 第50-51页 |
| 5． Death and Religion: Yearning for Immortality | 第51-58页 |
| 5．1 Death Means Possible Extinction | 第51-53页 |
| 5．2 Immortality can Survive Death? | 第53-54页 |
| 5．3 Asserting a Firm Faith in Immortality | 第54-56页 |
| 5．4 God's Concern with People's Lives and Destinies | 第56-58页 |
| Chapter Three Recognition of Dickenson's True Stature and the Significance of Her Poems | 第58-68页 |
| Ⅰ． Three Reasons for Slow Recognition of Dickenson's True Stature | 第58-64页 |
| 1． Frequent Revises of Her Early Editions | 第59-61页 |
| 2． Her Later Reclusive Life | 第61-62页 |
| 3． Difficulties in Understanding Her Poems | 第62-64页 |
| Ⅱ． Contributions to the Literary World | 第64-66页 |
| 1． Breaking Free of the Restraints of Conventional Forms | 第64-65页 |
| 2． Writing Poems from the Soul | 第65页 |
| 3． Having Her Own Style in Poetic Creation | 第65-66页 |
| 4． Being a Keen Observer, a Learned Philosopher | 第66页 |
| Ⅲ． Her Position in Literary History | 第66-68页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第68-69页 |
