| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-32页 |
| ·An Introduction to Nabokov and His Writing | 第12-13页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第13-23页 |
| ·Vladimir Nabokov Studies Abroad | 第13-15页 |
| ·Vladimir Nabokov Studies at Home | 第15-19页 |
| ·Research on Lolita Abroad | 第19-21页 |
| ·Research on Lolita at Home | 第21-23页 |
| ·Originality of the Thesis | 第23-24页 |
| ·Methodology: Edmund Burke's Theory | 第24-32页 |
| ·The Theoretical Innovation of Longinus' Thought | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Theoretical Inheritance from Hume's Thought | 第26-29页 |
| ·Key Concepts in Edmund Burke's Theory | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter 2 The Desire of Seeking Beauty in Lolita | 第32-49页 |
| ·The Dimensions of Beauty in Edmund Burke's Theory | 第32-36页 |
| ·The Object of Love or Lust: The Beauty of Women | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Features of Beauty: Smallness and Delicacy | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Measurement of Beauty: Pleasure | 第35-36页 |
| ·Humbert's Desires in Lolita | 第36-45页 |
| ·Humbert's Physical Desire for the Young Female Body | 第36-39页 |
| ·Humbert's Psychological Desire to Escape from Time Prison | 第39-45页 |
| ·The Beauty of Desires in Lolita | 第45-49页 |
| Chapter 3 The Sublimity of Tragedies in Lolita | 第49-83页 |
| ·The Substance of Sublimity in Edmund Burke's Theory | 第49-53页 |
| ·The Shared Nature between Tragedy and Sublimity | 第49-51页 |
| ·The Function of Sympathy: Bringing out the Effect of Sublimity | 第51-53页 |
| ·The Analysis of Humbert's Tragedy | 第53-66页 |
| ·Doomed Love Romance | 第53-58页 |
| ·Self-division | 第58-60页 |
| ·The Conflicts Causing Humbert's Tragedy | 第60-66页 |
| ·The Conflict between Physical Desire and Social Ethics | 第60-63页 |
| ·The Conflict between Psychological Desire and the Reality | 第63-66页 |
| ·The Analysis of Lolita's Tragedy | 第66-78页 |
| ·Lolita's Tragedy: Owing to Humbert's Desires | 第66-71页 |
| ·Lolita's Moral Decadence | 第67-70页 |
| ·Lolita's Futile Struggle for Freedom | 第70-71页 |
| ·The Multiple Causes for Lolita's Life Tragedy | 第71-78页 |
| ·Family Causes: Indifferent Mother | 第72-74页 |
| ·Educational Causes: Indulgent Atmosphere | 第74-76页 |
| ·Cultural Causes: Negative Influence | 第76-78页 |
| ·The Sublimity of Tragedies in Lolita | 第78-83页 |
| Chapter 4 Nabokov's Humanistic Concern in Lolita | 第83-96页 |
| ·Nabokov's Concern for Individual Freedom | 第83-89页 |
| ·The Origin of Nabokov's Concern for Individual Freedom | 第83-85页 |
| ·Artistic Creation: A Way to Freedom in Lolita | 第85-89页 |
| ·Nabokov's Concern for Social Ethics | 第89-96页 |
| ·Social Ethics in Literary Works | 第90-92页 |
| ·Moral Redemption in Literary Works | 第92-96页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第96-99页 |
| Bibliography | 第99-103页 |
| 附件 | 第103页 |
