| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第11-29页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to the Author and His Works | 第11-14页 |
| 1.2 Introduction to the New England Trilogy | 第14-16页 |
| 1.3 Literature Review at Home and Abroad | 第16-22页 |
| 1.4 Theoretical Perspective | 第22-26页 |
| 1.5 Significance and Structure of the Thesis | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Two “WITCH HYSTERIA”: THE CALL OF THE RETURN OF RATIONALITY | 第29-45页 |
| 2.1 Witches and Devils: Fear, Ghosts and the Black Man in The Scarlet Letter | 第30-34页 |
| 2.2 The Harmfulness of Mesmerism | 第34-39页 |
| 2.2.1 The Tragedy of Alice Pynchon in The House of the Seven Gables | 第35-37页 |
| 2.2.2 The Mind Control in The Blithedale Romance | 第37-39页 |
| 2.3 The Disapproval of Radical Reform | 第39-45页 |
| 2.3.1 The Transformation and the Happy Ending of Holgrave | 第40-42页 |
| 2.3.2 The Failure of the Blithedale Experiment and the Tragedy in the End | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter Three “TARRED AND FEATHERED”: THE DETESTATION OF WAR AND VIOLENCE | 第45-59页 |
| 3.1 The Violence in The Scarlet Letter | 第45-51页 |
| 3.1.1 The Political Violence in “The Custom House” | 第46-49页 |
| 3.1.2 The Scaffold Image and Mobs | 第49-51页 |
| 3.2 The Land Dispute in The House of the Seven Gables | 第51-54页 |
| 3.3 The Violence in The Blithedale Romance | 第54-59页 |
| Chapter Four “THE FIRESIDE”: THE CALL OF THE RETURN OF FAMILY PEACE | 第59-73页 |
| 4.1 The Importance of Family Tie in The Scarlet Letter | 第60-64页 |
| 4.1.1 Chillingworth?s Betrayal of Family and the Miserable Ending | 第60-62页 |
| 4.1.2 The Reconstruction of the Family | 第62-64页 |
| 4.2 The Desire of a Family of Coverdale | 第64-69页 |
| 4.3 The Reunion in The House of the Seven Gables | 第69-73页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第73-75页 |
| WORK CITED | 第75-81页 |
| 附录： 作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第81页 |
