| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Contents | 第5-6页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| Chapter One The Self as a Rebel to Patriarchal Society | 第15-24页 |
| ·Dickinson's Thought of Women within a Repressive Patriarchal Order | 第15-19页 |
| ·Rejection to the Choice of Being Married Roles | 第19-24页 |
| Chapter Two The Self as a Frustrated Lover | 第24-30页 |
| ·Dickinson's Longing for Love | 第24-26页 |
| ·Dickinson's Disappointment with Love and Marriage | 第26-30页 |
| Chapter Three the Self as an Observer of Nature | 第30-41页 |
| ·Admiration to Nature | 第30-34页 |
| ·Fear of Nature | 第34-41页 |
| Chapter Four Emily Dickinson's Self-salvation | 第41-51页 |
| ·Spiritual Marriage to God and Poetry | 第41-46页 |
| ·Seclusion from the World | 第46-49页 |
| ·Filling with Hope | 第49-51页 |
| Conclusion | 第51-53页 |
| Works Cited | 第53-54页 |