| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-13页 |
| Chapter 1 An Agricultural Utopia: Midwest Established as a Myth | 第13-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Land of Poverty and Solitude: Midwest of Howe and Garland | 第20-27页 |
| ·E. W. Howe’s Presentation of Local Scene | 第21-22页 |
| ·Hamlin Garland’s Realistic View on Country Life | 第22-27页 |
| Chapter 3 Prairie in Good Old Days: Midwest of Willa Cather | 第27-39页 |
| ·Midwest Romanticized | 第28-29页 |
| ·Midwest as Cherished Past | 第29-33页 |
| ·Midwest as Spiritual Home | 第33-36页 |
| ·Midwest as a Natural Force | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter 4 Small Town Polluted by Industrialization: Midwest of Anderson and Lewis | 第39-47页 |
| ·Sherwood Anderson’s Portrait of Midwestern Grotesques | 第40-42页 |
| ·Sinclair Lewis’Portrait of Midwestern Small Town | 第42-47页 |
| Conclusion | 第47-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-52页 |
