| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| abstract | 第5-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-16页 |
| Introduction | 第16-39页 |
| Chapter One:Passion for the Real | 第39-78页 |
| The first cleavage and its concussions | 第40-50页 |
| Welcome to the sea of the Real | 第50-58页 |
| "All the uncovenanted terror of becoming" | 第58-78页 |
| Chapter Two:Spirit in Flames | 第78-114页 |
| The unbearable holiness of being | 第79-97页 |
| Climbing the holy mountain | 第97-109页 |
| Calling from above: real experiences on Mt.Athos | 第109-114页 |
| Chapter Three:Eros and its Vicissitudes | 第114-152页 |
| Destruction and creation: the paradox of love | 第115-122页 |
| "While we made love the rose opened" | 第122-132页 |
| The lady sitting in white | 第132-140页 |
| "The moment of green":Merwin's eroticization of flora | 第140-152页 |
| Chapter Four:Wake-up in a World of Light | 第152-186页 |
| "That patch of sunlight":Merwin's father-complex | 第152-162页 |
| Forebears and light of origin | 第162-168页 |
| H(?)lderlin at the River: another birth | 第168-178页 |
| Crossing the shadows: grief and morning | 第178-186页 |
| Conclusion | 第186-198页 |
| Works Cited | 第198-208页 |
