| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| English Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第8-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter One The Time of Henry James | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter Two Henry James’s Attitude Towards American and European Cultures | 第16-21页 |
| ·James as a Cosmopolite | 第17-18页 |
| ·James as an American at Heart | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter Three Embodiment of James’s Ideal in His Novels | 第21-26页 |
| ·A Deserter of American Culture – Four Meetings | 第21-24页 |
| ·A Defender of American Culture – Daisy Miller | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Four Obstacles to the Realization of James’s Ideal | 第26-30页 |
| ·The Hardness in the Identification of Virtues | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Difficulty in Harmonizing Virtues | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Five Achievement of James’s Ideal | 第30-54页 |
| ·The Initial Phase of Fulfillment – The Portrait of a Lady | 第30-39页 |
| ·The Rejection of Casper Goodwood | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Rejection of Lord Warburton | 第34-37页 |
| ·Acceptance of Gilbert Osmond | 第37-38页 |
| ·Attitude Towards Ralph Touchett | 第38-39页 |
| ·The Final Fulfillment – The Ambassadors | 第39-54页 |
| ·Wealth | 第40-44页 |
| ·Freedom | 第44-48页 |
| ·Aesthetic Sense | 第48-50页 |
| ·Morality | 第50-54页 |
| ·Strether’s Fulfillment of His Promises | 第51-52页 |
| ·The Principle in Fulfilling Promises | 第52-54页 |
| Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-58页 |
