| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-27页 |
| I. Review of English and Chinese Scholarship on Thomas Hardy’s Religious Concept | 第13-20页 |
| II. Hardy’s Concept of Religion | 第20-22页 |
| III. The Definition of Loving-kindness and Purity | 第22-24页 |
| IV. The Scope and Structure of the Dissertation | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter One The Religion of Loving-kindness in The Return of the Native | 第27-57页 |
| I. Tragedies for Lack of Loving-kindness | 第30-48页 |
| II. Loving-kindness in the World of Chance | 第48-57页 |
| Chapter Two The Religion of Purity in Tess of the d’Urbervilles | 第57-82页 |
| I. Tess: A Fallen Woman in Terms of the Old Testament | 第60-70页 |
| II. Tess: A Pure Woman according to Jesus’ Concept of Purity | 第70-82页 |
| Chapter Three Loving-kindness and Purity: The Touchstone of the Victorian Institution of Marriage in Jude the Obscure | 第82-104页 |
| I. Criticism of the Institution of Marriage in the Name of Loving-kindness | 第85-94页 |
| II. Criticism of the Institution of Marriage in the Name of Purity | 第94-104页 |
| Conclusion | 第104-108页 |
| Works Cited | 第108-116页 |
