| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第11-13页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第13页 |
| ·Methodology and Data Collection | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Images and Emily Dickinson's "Death" Poetry | 第15-23页 |
| ·Definition and Classifications of Image | 第15-16页 |
| ·Metaphor and Image | 第16-18页 |
| ·Overview of Research on Emily Dickinson's "Death" Poetry | 第18-21页 |
| ·Previous Study on Emily Dickinson's Images | 第21-22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第23-30页 |
| ·Conceptual Integration Theory (CIT) | 第23-29页 |
| ·Development of the Conceptual Integration Theory | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Network Model of Conceptual Integration | 第25-29页 |
| ·Four spaces in the Network Model | 第26-27页 |
| ·Operation of spaces in Conceptual Integration | 第27-28页 |
| ·Integration Processes and Emergent Structure | 第28-29页 |
| ·Optimality principles of Conceptual Integration Theory | 第29页 |
| ·Summary | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Four Conceptual Integration Theory to Images in Emily Dickinson's "Death" Poetry | 第30-54页 |
| ·The Importance of Cultural Context in Interpreting Images | 第30-31页 |
| ·Death Images in Emily Dickinson's "Death" Poetry | 第31-53页 |
| ·Metaphorical Images | 第31-35页 |
| ·Personification Images | 第35-43页 |
| ·Multiple Symbolic images | 第43-45页 |
| ·Synaesthesia Images | 第45-53页 |
| ·Summary | 第53-54页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| ·Findings of the study | 第54-55页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第55-56页 |
| References | 第56-60页 |
