| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-17页 |
| A Survey of Williams Studies | 第12-15页 |
| The focus of my research | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter One Tennessee Williams: A Southern Gay Playwright | 第17-24页 |
| ·A Boy Coming from a Troubled Family | 第17-19页 |
| ·A Gay Pursuing Homoerotic Love | 第19-21页 |
| ·A Playwright Projecting Southern Gay Men | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter Two Phantomlike Gay Images in Williams’Major Plays | 第24-48页 |
| ·Phantoms, Autistic Romantic Dreamers | 第25-30页 |
| ·Phantoms, Backstage Manipulators | 第30-40页 |
| ·Phantoms, Pursuers of Freedom | 第40-48页 |
| Chapter Three The Significance of the Phantomlike Gay Images | 第48-65页 |
| ·Homophobia and Its Influence on Tennessee Williams | 第49-54页 |
| ·Deviant Gay Images against Homophobic Discourse | 第54-65页 |
| Conclusion | 第65-68页 |
| Notes | 第68-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-78页 |
| Abbreviation | 第78-79页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第79-80页 |
| Publication | 第80页 |
