| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第11-22页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to Allan Poe'gothic stories | 第11-13页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第13-19页 |
| ·Review of Foreign Literature | 第13-17页 |
| ·Criticism on His Short Stories | 第13-14页 |
| ·Criticism on His Poems | 第14-16页 |
| ·Review from the Aspect of Historic Situation | 第16-17页 |
| ·Review of Domestic Literature | 第17-19页 |
| ·Review Before 1949 | 第17页 |
| ·Review after 1949 | 第17-19页 |
| ·Points of View and Originality | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Psychological Origin of Poe's Gothic Novels | 第22-33页 |
| ·Introduction of Horney's and Fromm's Psychological Theories | 第22-29页 |
| ·Homey's Theory of Neurosis and Its Appliance to the Analysis of Poe's Psychology | 第23-27页 |
| ·Fromm's Psychoanalysis and Appliance of It to Explore Poe | 第27-29页 |
| ·Psychological Terror Expressed in Poe's Gothic Stories | 第29-33页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Cultural Origin of Poe's Gothic Stories | 第33-38页 |
| ·Origin and Development of Gothic Novel | 第33-35页 |
| ·Gothic Novels in America | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Gothic Nature of Most Poe's Stories | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Market Reasons for Writing | 第38-44页 |
| ·Popular Elements of Popular Culture in Poe's Gothic Novels | 第38-40页 |
| ·Influence of the Epoch and the Reader's Preference of That Time | 第40-42页 |
| ·Allan Poe's Economic Reason for Writing Gothic Novels | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion | 第44-46页 |
| Works Cited | 第46-48页 |
| Publications | 第48页 |
