| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| Note and abbreviations | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-21页 |
| 0.1 An Overview on the Writer and Her Works | 第11-13页 |
| 0.2 Literature Review | 第13-18页 |
| 0.3 Methodology, Organization and Significance of the Thesis | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter 1 Narrative Structure in Dickinson’s Correspondence | 第21-38页 |
| 1.0 General Statement of Dickinson’s Epistolary Structure | 第21-22页 |
| 1.1 Orderless order: Leap in Thinking | 第22-28页 |
| 1.2“A supposed person”: Multi-Persona Construction | 第28-33页 |
| 1.3 Open-ended Conclusion: Indefinite Literary Expectation | 第33-38页 |
| Chapter 2 Narrative Language in Dickinson’s Correspondence | 第38-55页 |
| 2.0 General Statement of Dickinson’s Epistolary Language | 第38-39页 |
| 2.1 The Practice of Riddles | 第39-44页 |
| 2.2 The Sound of Musicality | 第44-49页 |
| 2.3 The Employment of Allusions | 第49-55页 |
| Chapter 3 Narrative Imagery in Dickinson’s Correspondence | 第55-72页 |
| 3.0 General Statement of Dickinson’s Epistolary Imagery | 第55-57页 |
| 3.1 The Imagery of Flower and Garden | 第57-62页 |
| 3.2 The Imagery of Death and Immortality | 第62-66页 |
| 3.3 The Imagery of Home and Domesticity | 第66-72页 |
| Conclusion | 第72-75页 |
| Works Cited | 第75-78页 |
