| ABSTRACT | 第1-3页 |
| 摘要 | 第3-6页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第6-13页 |
| ·Sylvia Plath and Her Poetry | 第6页 |
| ·Late Poetry:The Forms, Scope, and Features | 第6-8页 |
| ·Literature Review on Imagery Studies | 第8-11页 |
| ·Imagery Studies in Foreign Countries | 第9-10页 |
| ·Studies on Sylvia Plath's Poetry at Home | 第10-11页 |
| ·Research Significance | 第11页 |
| ·Thesis Structure | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第13-18页 |
| ·Imagery Interpretation | 第13-15页 |
| ·Psychoanalytic Criticism | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter Three Patterns of Death Imagery:Psychological Development | 第18-38页 |
| ·Death Imagery and Day-Dreams | 第18-20页 |
| ·Clusters of Nature Imagery:the Internalized External World | 第20-26页 |
| ·Sea and Water Imagery:on Memory and Drowning | 第20-23页 |
| ·Air Imagery:On Desires and Asphyxia | 第23-24页 |
| ·Astronomical Imagery:On Burning and Rebirth | 第24-26页 |
| ·Patterns of Imagery in Hospital and Domestic Poetry:on Losses and Love | 第26-33页 |
| ·Plant Imagery:Another Icon of the Unconsciousness | 第27-29页 |
| ·Color Imagery:a Lost Painting on Death | 第29-32页 |
| ·Baby Imagery:Love for Rebirth | 第32-33页 |
| ·Holocaust Imagery and Others:from Individuals to Universals | 第33-38页 |
| ·Body Imagery: Anxieties and Appeals | 第33-35页 |
| ·Holocaust Imagery: Future of the Human | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter Four Electrocardiogram:Conflicts and Complexes | 第38-64页 |
| ·Strumpet-Spinster Conflict and Electra-Oedipus Complex | 第38-47页 |
| ·Strumpet-Spinster Conflict:Despairs and Desires | 第38-42页 |
| ·Electra-Oedipus Complex: Love-Driven Murder | 第42-45页 |
| ·From Hysteria to Stasis: Ready to Die | 第45-47页 |
| ·Self-Effacement and Self-Reflexive:the Other Reincarnation | 第47-55页 |
| ·Sleep and Lethe: Unforgetful Forgetfulness | 第48-50页 |
| ·Mirrors and Echoes: Self-Recognition | 第50-55页 |
| ·Goddess: Purity and Beauty | 第55-64页 |
| ·Ariel: The God's Lioness | 第56-60页 |
| ·Virgin Mary: Purity and Beauty, Maternity and Motherhood | 第60-64页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第64-66页 |
| References | 第66-70页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第70-72页 |
