| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-17页 |
| ·Edgar Allan Poe and Death | 第9-11页 |
| ·The Survey of the Study on Poe's Fiction | 第11-14页 |
| ·The Feasibility of the Study of Models of Death in Poe's Fiction | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter Two The Importance of Gothic Supernaturalism in Poe's Fiction | 第17-26页 |
| ·Gothic Literature | 第17-18页 |
| ·Gothic Supernaturalism and Death | 第18-26页 |
| Chapter Three The Four Models of Death in Poe's Fiction: Annihilation,Compulsion, Separation, and Transformation | 第26-45页 |
| ·Annihilation: Man's Peculiar and Greatest Anxiety | 第27-31页 |
| ·Compulsion: Rid of the Pain and Despair in the Heart | 第31-35页 |
| ·Separation: A Condition of Spiritual Imprisonment and Unrest | 第35-41页 |
| ·Transformation: A World With an Over-Soul Animating Humans,and without Trace of Personal Essence at Death | 第41-45页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion | 第45-50页 |
| Notes | 第50-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-58页 |
