| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第12-19页 |
| ·An Introduction to America Romanticism and Romantic Outlook on Nature | 第12-15页 |
| ·Domestic and Overseas Literature Review | 第15-17页 |
| ·Creativity and Organization of the Present Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two THE DUALITY OF FOREST IMAGES IN AMERICAN ROMANTICISM | 第19-32页 |
| ·The Importance of the Forest | 第19-21页 |
| ·The Duality of the Forest | 第21-22页 |
| ·“Forest”- Symbol of Brightness and Goodness in American Romanticism | 第22-28页 |
| ·“Forest”in Irving’s works:—the Representation of the Good Old Days | 第22-24页 |
| ·“Forest”in Cooper’s Works: —the American National Imaginary Kingdom | 第24-26页 |
| ·“Forest”in Emerson’s and Thoreau’s works:—the Symbol of Spirit | 第26-28页 |
| ·“Forest”---Symbol of Darkness and Evil World in American Romanticism | 第28-32页 |
| ·“Forest”in Hawthorne’s works:—Refuge of Evil and Crime | 第28-30页 |
| ·“Forest”in Poe’s Works:—Dark and Gloomy Wilderness of Spirit | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Three THE CONTRADICTION-DUALITY OF FOREST IMAGES IN INDIVIDUAL WRITERS | 第32-37页 |
| ·Forest---Symbol of Good Old Days and Dark Evil World in Irving's Works | 第32-34页 |
| ·Forest---Symbol of Freedom and Beauty and Refuge of Crime and Evil in Hawthorne's Works | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter Four CAUSES FOR THE DUALITY OF FOREST IMAGES IN AMERICAN ROMANTIC STORIES | 第37-43页 |
| ·The Influence of both Puritanism and Transcendentalism on Hawthorne | 第37-39页 |
| ·The Influence of both European Romanticism and Gothic Novel on Irving’s Work | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Positive and Negative Influence of the Writer’s Life over Their Thinking | 第40-43页 |
| ·The Influence of Happy Life Experience on Irving and Cooper | 第40-41页 |
| ·The Influence of Unhappy Life Experience and Sickness of the Mind on Hawthorn and Poe | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第43-45页 |
| Bibliography | 第45-48页 |
| Publications | 第48-49页 |
