| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-14页 |
| Introduction | 第14-30页 |
| ·The Success of Southey’s Epics | 第15-20页 |
| ·The Argument and the Methodology of the Dissertation | 第20-24页 |
| ·Critical Survey | 第24-27页 |
| ·The Organization of the Dissertation | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter One The Political Binary Oppositions in Joan of Arc | 第30-62页 |
| ·An Independence Declaration of Defence against British Aggression | 第32-43页 |
| ·The Contrast between Public‘s Altruism and Monarch‘s Egoism | 第43-53页 |
| ·Male Political Domination and Female Subordination | 第53-62页 |
| Chapter Two The Cultural Binary Oppositions in Madoc | 第62-100页 |
| ·The Conflict between European ―Civilization‖ and American ―Barbarity‖ | 第64-75页 |
| ·The Rivalry between European Christianity and American Fetishism | 第75-89页 |
| ·The Comparison between Welsh Patriarchy and American Matriarchy | 第89-100页 |
| Chapter Three The Moral Binary Oppositions in Roderick, the Last of the Goths | 第100-135页 |
| ·The Struggle between Loyalty and Betrayal in National Unification | 第103-114页 |
| ·Hermit‘s Benevolence versus King‘s Malevolence | 第114-125页 |
| ·A Canticle of Triumph of Female Virtue over Male Evil | 第125-135页 |
| Conclusion | 第135-141页 |
| Bibliography | 第141-147页 |
