| Acknowledgements | 第1-9页 |
| Abstract in English | 第9-11页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter One: Introduction | 第13-21页 |
| ·Biographical Notes on Poe | 第13-15页 |
| ·Poe's Connection with Women | 第15-18页 |
| ·Scope and Focus of the Study | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter Two: Literature Review | 第21-28页 |
| ·International Studies | 第21-23页 |
| ·Domestic Studies | 第23-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter Three: A Brief Introduction to the Rationale | 第28-39页 |
| ·Inspiration and Hypotheses of Freud's Oedipus complex | 第28-30页 |
| ·Stages of a Child's Psychosexual Development | 第30-31页 |
| ·Structural Models of Personality in the Light of Psychosexual Development | 第31-34页 |
| ·Early Oedipal Development — Child's Infantile Sexuality | 第34-36页 |
| ·Sources of the Oedipus complex: The Libido Theory and Object—Choice | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Four: Four Stages of Oedipal Dream | 第39-69页 |
| ·Ligeia — Prototypical Embodiment of Poe's Wife | 第40-49页 |
| ·Self-Revelation — Early Oedipal Development | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Conqueror Worm | 第42-46页 |
| ·Power Struggle: The Shadowy Rowena and The Return of Ligeia | 第46-49页 |
| ·The Frustration of the Oedipus Complex | 第49-56页 |
| ·The Revivification of the Oedipal Dream | 第49-53页 |
| ·the Nameless Daughter — the Oedipal Dream's extension | 第53-56页 |
| ·Mother Fixation — the Oedipus Guilt Complex | 第56-61页 |
| ·Eleonora — Prototypical Embodiment of Poe's Cousin | 第56-61页 |
| ·Rivalry with Father — Negative Oedipus Complex | 第61-66页 |
| ·Hop Frog — Prototypical Embodiment of Poe Himself | 第61-66页 |
| ·Summary | 第66-69页 |
| Chapter Five: Conclusion | 第69-72页 |
| References | 第72-78页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的论文和研究成果 | 第78页 |
