| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-16页 |
| ·literature review | 第10-14页 |
| ·Originality of the thesis | 第14页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Transcendentalism | 第16-23页 |
| ·The background and definition of transcendentalism | 第16-19页 |
| ·The spokesman and main thoughts of transcendentalism | 第19-23页 |
| Chapter Three Similarities between the thoughts of Hawthorne andTranscendentalism | 第23-34页 |
| ·Perceptions of over-soul | 第23-26页 |
| ·Perceptions of nature | 第26-29页 |
| ·Perceptions of self-reliance | 第29-34页 |
| Chapter Four Differences between the thoughts of Hawthorne and Transcendentalism | 第34-46页 |
| ·Different Views on human nature | 第34-38页 |
| ·Emerson's belief in the goodness of human nature | 第34-36页 |
| ·Hawthorne's belief in the coexistence of good and evil | 第36-38页 |
| ·Different views on the way of transcendence | 第38-42页 |
| ·Emerson's way of transcendence | 第38-39页 |
| ·Hawthorne's way of transcendence | 第39-42页 |
| ·Different Views on the relationship between man and society | 第42-46页 |
| ·Emerson's opinion of the relationship between individual and society34 | 第42-43页 |
| ·Hawthorne's opinion of the relationship between individual and society | 第43-46页 |
| Chapter Five Hawthorne's Dialectic Worldview | 第46-50页 |
| ·Dialectic attitude towards human nature and transcendence | 第46-47页 |
| ·Dialectic attitude towards the relationship between individual and society | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter six Conclusion | 第50-51页 |
| Works cited | 第51-53页 |
| Publications | 第53页 |
