| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 内容提要 | 第7-8页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第8-13页 |
| ·Critical Voices on D. H. Lawrence | 第8-10页 |
| ·Literary Responses to the Industrial Revolution | 第10-11页 |
| ·Relevant Studies of the 'Train' Image | 第11-13页 |
| 2 The 'Train' Image in The Rainbow and Women in Love | 第13-17页 |
| ·The Image of 'Train' in The Rainbow | 第13-15页 |
| ·The Image of 'Train' in Women in Love | 第15-17页 |
| 3 Interpretation of the 'Train' Image in Situational Contexts | 第17-25页 |
| ·Interpretation of the 'Train' Image in The Rainbow | 第17-19页 |
| ·Interpretation of the 'Train' Image in Women in Love | 第19-22页 |
| ·The 'Rhythm' Constituted by the 'Train' Image | 第22-25页 |
| 4 Interpretation of the 'Train' Image in Its Socio-cultural Contexts | 第25-45页 |
| ·The Railroad Mania | 第25-27页 |
| ·Changes of Social Values Presented in Lawrence's Novels | 第27-45页 |
| ·Wealth-A Door to a 'Progressive' Life | 第28-33页 |
| ·Education-A Ladder to the Upward Mobility | 第33-37页 |
| ·Power-A Weapon to Dominate Nature and People | 第37-41页 |
| ·Community-From Knowable to Unknowable | 第41-45页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第45-46页 |
| Notes | 第46-49页 |
| Bibliography | 第49-50页 |