| Acknowledgements | 第1-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-15页 |
| 摘要 | 第15-19页 |
| List of Figures | 第19-21页 |
| Introduction | 第21-51页 |
| Chapter One In Search of Mother in The Showings of Julian of Norwich | 第51-87页 |
| Ⅰ.God as Mother and Father | 第52-60页 |
| Ⅱ.Jesus Christ as a Male Mother | 第60-76页 |
| Ⅲ.Metaphorical Establishment of the Female Genealogy | 第76-84页 |
| Conelusion | 第84-87页 |
| Chapter Two Unbecoming Mothers in The Canterbury Tales | 第87-146页 |
| Ⅰ.Anti-Motherhood in The Tale of the Man of Law | 第90-105页 |
| Ⅱ.Loss of Mother-Child Bond in The Prioress's Tale | 第105-116页 |
| Ⅲ.Exile of Transgender Mothers in The Monk's Tale | 第116-127页 |
| Ⅳ.Maternal Deprivation in The Clerk's Tale | 第127-143页 |
| Conelusion | 第143-146页 |
| Chapter Three Maternal Absence in Piers Plowman | 第146-170页 |
| Ⅰ.Muteness of Mothers in Father-Child Relationship | 第148-159页 |
| Ⅱ.Repudiation of Unmarried Mothers | 第159-168页 |
| Conelusion | 第168-170页 |
| Chapter Four Reconstruction of Motherhood in The Book of Margery Kempe | 第170-213页 |
| Ⅰ.The Sacred Calling: Mothering as Maternal Martyr | 第172-190页 |
| Ⅱ.Margery: a Powerful Mother with "a Son of Tears" | 第190-198页 |
| Ⅲ.A Wandering Margery.between Rebelliousness and Repression | 第198-211页 |
| Conelusion | 第211-213页 |
| Conclusion | 第213-226页 |
| Selected Bibliography | 第226-253页 |
| Appendix | 第253页 |
