| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-11页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·A review of Henry James studies | 第11-14页 |
| ·Introduction to Walter Pater's aesthetic theory | 第14-16页 |
| ·The focus and structure of this thesis | 第16-17页 |
| 2. James's Satire of Paterian Aestheticism | 第17-33页 |
| ·James's early viewpoint | 第17-23页 |
| ·Osmond as a Paterian aesthete | 第23-26页 |
| ·Gilbert Osmond's egocentricity as extreme Paterian individuality | 第26-29页 |
| ·Gilbert Osmond's immorality as extreme Paterian amorality | 第29-33页 |
| 3. James's Recognition of Paterian Aestheticism | 第33-47页 |
| ·James' later alteration | 第33-35页 |
| ·Strether's aesthetic conversion | 第35-38页 |
| ·Strether's Paterian amorality | 第38-42页 |
| ·The window to beauty | 第38-40页 |
| ·The road to freedom | 第40-42页 |
| ·The wings of power | 第42页 |
| ·Strether's aesthetic view of life | 第42-47页 |
| ·The consciousness of ephemerality | 第42-43页 |
| ·The urge of living | 第43-44页 |
| ·Aesthetic experience as life's nutrition | 第44-47页 |
| 4. Conclusion | 第47-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-52页 |
