| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Contents | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Puritanism and American Romantic Literature | 第13-17页 |
| ·The Origin of Puritans | 第13-14页 |
| ·American Literature in the Romantic Period (1830-1865) | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Puritan Ethics Reflected in The Scarlet Letter | 第17-32页 |
| ·An Introduction to Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Scarlet Letter | 第17-21页 |
| ·Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Life | 第17-19页 |
| ·An Overall Assessment of The Scarlet Letter | 第19-21页 |
| ·Puritan Ethics Reflected in The Scarlet Letter | 第21-30页 |
| ·Salient Puritan Beliefs in The Scarlet Letter | 第21-26页 |
| ·Sin and the Evilness of Human Nature | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Image of God | 第22-26页 |
| ·Influences of the Holy Bible on The Scarlet Letter | 第26-30页 |
| ·Symbolism Reflected in The Scarlet Letter | 第27-28页 |
| ·Biblical Prototypes Manifested in The Scarlet Letter | 第28-30页 |
| ·The Moral Functions of The Scarlet Letter | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 3 Puritan Thoughts Reflected in Nature | 第32-42页 |
| ·New England Transcendentalism and Its Way of Dealing with the Traditional Puritan Ethics | 第32-37页 |
| ·The Origin of Transcendentalism and the Basic Concepts it advocated | 第32-34页 |
| ·Puritan Thoughts Advocated by Transcendentalists | 第34-35页 |
| ·An Introduction to Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nature | 第35-37页 |
| ·Puritan Thoughts in Emerson’s Nature | 第37-39页 |
| ·Traditional Puritan Thoughts Expressed in Nature | 第37-38页 |
| ·A New Emphasis on the Relationship Between God, Over-soul and Nature | 第38-39页 |
| ·Influences of Transcendentalism and Nature | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter 4 A Brief Comparison Between Hawthorne and Emerson in Terms of Their Respective Puritan Perspectives | 第42-46页 |
| ·Differences in the Puritan Thoughts of Hawthorne and Emerson | 第43-44页 |
| ·Similarities Between Hawthorne and Emerson | 第44-46页 |
| Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-51页 |
| 附件 | 第51页 |
