| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第10-15页 |
| Introduction | 第15-49页 |
| Chapter One Tradition and Oates's Vision of Transcendence | 第49-83页 |
| Ⅰ. Oates's Transcendent Vision and the Western Intellectual Tradition | 第50-65页 |
| Ⅱ. Oates's Transcendent Experience and the Truth of "Activity" | 第65-71页 |
| Ⅲ. Oates's Transcendent Vision and Human Truth | 第71-83页 |
| Chapter Two Money and Love: Pre-violence Endeavors | 第83-129页 |
| Ⅰ. "them" and Money | 第89-104页 |
| Ⅱ. "them" and Love | 第104-113页 |
| Ⅲ. "them" and "us" | 第113-129页 |
| Chapter Three Pointless Violence and "Bemused" Tolerance | 第129-169页 |
| Ⅰ. "I Had No Other Thrill or Happiness": The Literature of Violence | 第131-145页 |
| Ⅱ. "Distillation of Life": Boxing and the Pointlessness of Violence | 第145-156页 |
| Ⅲ. "They All Survived": The Literature of Tolerance | 第156-169页 |
| Conclusion | 第169-175页 |
| Appendix | 第175-186页 |
| Bibliography | 第186-194页 |
