| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| Chapter One Death as a Beautiful Life Experience | 第15-26页 |
| ·Death on Physical Level | 第15-16页 |
| ·Death on Metaphysical Level | 第16-26页 |
| ·The Beauty of Death in Philosophy | 第17-19页 |
| ·The Beauty of Death in Religion | 第19-22页 |
| ·The Beauty of Death in Arts | 第22-26页 |
| Chapter Two Background of Poe’s Creation on the Aesthetics of Death | 第26-42页 |
| ·Poe’s Miserable Life Experience | 第26-30页 |
| ·Short and Troubled Life | 第26-28页 |
| ·The Deaths of Women in Poe’s Life | 第28-30页 |
| ·Gothic Traditions and Gothic Beauty in Poe’s poetry | 第30-34页 |
| ·Gothic Traditions of Western Arts | 第30-32页 |
| ·Poe’s Endearment to Gothic Arts | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Influences of Romantic Thanatopsis on Poe | 第34-37页 |
| ·Western Traditional Aesthetics Theories | 第37-40页 |
| ·The Sublime Aesthetic Theory | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Tragic Aesthetic Theory | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Social Backgrounds of Poe’s Times | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Three The Presentations of the Aesthetics of Death in Poe’s Poetry | 第42-58页 |
| ·The Horrific and Mysterious Beauty of Death | 第42-46页 |
| ·The Melancholy and Romantic Beauty of Death | 第46-51页 |
| ·The Holy and Transcending Beauty of Death | 第51-58页 |
| Chapter Four Poe’s Distinctive Creation Theory Presented in His Poetry | 第58-75页 |
| ·The Death of Beauty | 第58-63页 |
| ·Effect Theory | 第63-71页 |
| ·The Poetic Theory of “Pure Beauty” | 第71-75页 |
| Conclusion | 第75-77页 |
| Bibliography | 第77-82页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第82-83页 |
| Publications | 第83页 |
