| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-14页 |
| ·The Poet and her Letters | 第8-9页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第9-13页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Nineteenth-Century Epistolary Conventions | 第14-17页 |
| ·Female Letters as Nonliterature | 第14-16页 |
| ·Dichotomy between Poem and Letter | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Dickinson’s Transgression of Epistolary Conventions | 第17-24页 |
| ·Letters as Literature | 第17-21页 |
| ·Poems as Integral Parts of Letters | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Epistolary Selves Exhibited in the Female World of Love and Duty | 第24-32页 |
| ·Dependent Child | 第24-26页 |
| ·Docile Daughter | 第26-27页 |
| ·Ideal Friend | 第27-32页 |
| Chapter 4 Epistolary Selves Exhibited in the Male World of Power and Poetry | 第32-51页 |
| ·Juxtaposition of Submissive Pupil and Self-confident Poet | 第32-45页 |
| ·Critic and Literary Competitor | 第45-51页 |
| Conclusion | 第51-53页 |
| Notes | 第53-54页 |
| References | 第54-57页 |
| Appendix 详细中文摘要 | 第57-61页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第61页 |
