| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-10页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| 2 Modernistic Characteristics in the Contents of Dickinson's Poetry | 第16-32页 |
| ·Dickinson's modernistic thoughts on art and poetry | 第16-21页 |
| ·Her pursuing unconventionality and individuality | 第16-18页 |
| ·Her persistence in spreading the truth | 第18-19页 |
| ·Her definition of poetry and her principle of writing | 第19-21页 |
| ·Dickinson's new themes expressed by traditional subjects | 第21-27页 |
| ·God | 第21-22页 |
| ·Death | 第22-24页 |
| ·Love | 第24-26页 |
| ·Nature | 第26-27页 |
| ·Psychological description in Emily Dickinson's poetry | 第27-32页 |
| ·Dickinson's vivid psychological description | 第27-29页 |
| ·Ways of Dickinson's psychological description | 第29-32页 |
| 3 New Forms of Emily Dickinson's Poetry | 第32-45页 |
| ·Dickinson's inventive use of punctuation | 第32-37页 |
| ·Punctuation as an integral part of Dickinson's exploration of language | 第32-34页 |
| ·The historical change of Dickinson's applying punctuation | 第34-37页 |
| ·Dickinson's not titling her poems | 第37-41页 |
| ·Non-titling as one of Dickinson's poetic practice | 第37-39页 |
| ·The effects of Dickinson's not titling | 第39-41页 |
| ·Dickinson's innovation in rhyming | 第41-45页 |
| 4 Dickinson's New Techniques in Writing Poetry | 第45-59页 |
| ·Gothic atmosphere in Dickinson's poems | 第45-50页 |
| ·Features of Dickinson's Gothic | 第45-46页 |
| ·Dickinson's techniques to create Gothic | 第46-47页 |
| ·Dickinson's Gothic images | 第47-50页 |
| ·Dickinson's wide use of images and metaphors | 第50-54页 |
| ·Characteristics of Dickinson's images and metaphors | 第50-52页 |
| ·The effects of Dickinson's images and metaphors | 第52-54页 |
| ·Dickinson's unique language features | 第54-59页 |
| ·Diction | 第55-56页 |
| ·Irregular syntax | 第56-59页 |
| 5 Dickinson's Influences on American Modernistic Poetry | 第59-73页 |
| ·Dickinson's thoughts on poetry | 第60-64页 |
| ·Her unconventionality and individuality | 第60-62页 |
| ·Her senses of crisis and loneliness | 第62-64页 |
| ·Dickinson's images and symbols | 第64-68页 |
| ·Images | 第64-66页 |
| ·Symbols | 第66页 |
| ·Influences on modernistic poets | 第66-68页 |
| ·Emily Dickinson's line break | 第68-73页 |
| 6 Conclusion | 第73-76页 |
| Notes | 第76-77页 |
| Bibliography | 第77-78页 |
