| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-16页 |
| ·A. E. Housman and A Shropshire Lad | 第8-10页 |
| ·Literature Review and Research Questions | 第10-13页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis and Significance of this Research | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Considerations of Poetry and Music | 第16-33页 |
| ·Poetry and Music: Seen from the Relations between Language and Music | 第16-20页 |
| ·Music in Poetry: Poetry Itself to Be a Piece of Music | 第20-28页 |
| ·Musicality in Poetic Form and Sound | 第20-24页 |
| ·Musicality in Poetic Meaning | 第24-28页 |
| ·Poetry in Music: Musical Techniques for Poetic Interpretation | 第28-33页 |
| Chapter 3 The Musicality of AShropshire Lad | 第33-54页 |
| ·The External Musicality in A Shropshire Lad | 第33-45页 |
| ·Musical Language | 第33-36页 |
| ·Rhythm and Meter | 第36-40页 |
| ·A. E. Housman’s Manipulation of Sound in A Shropshire Lad | 第40-45页 |
| ·Rhyme | 第41-42页 |
| ·Assonance and Alliteration | 第42-44页 |
| ·Onomatopoeia | 第44-45页 |
| ·The Internal Musicality in A Shropshire Lad | 第45-54页 |
| ·Melody in Time and Space | 第45-50页 |
| ·Eternal Harmony | 第50-54页 |
| Chapter 4 AShropshire Lad in Vocal Music | 第54-79页 |
| ·Overview | 第54-64页 |
| ·Vocal Settings of A Shropshire Lad from 1904 to 1940 | 第55-60页 |
| ·Vocal Settings of A Shropshire Lad in the Post-1940 Period | 第60-64页 |
| ·Explications of A Shropshire Lad in Two Kinds of Music Settings | 第64-79页 |
| ·A Shropshire Lad in Song Cycles | 第64-72页 |
| ·A Shropshire Lad in Hybrid Music | 第72-79页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第79-82页 |
| Bibliography | 第82-87页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第87-88页 |
