| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-18页 |
| 1.1 Henry James and his "stories of writers" | 第10-12页 |
| 1.2 Literature review | 第12-16页 |
| 1.3 The focus and structure of this thesis | 第16-18页 |
| 2. Author-Reader Relationship in the Treatment of Literary Works | 第18-27页 |
| 2.1 The reader's involvement in the author | 第18-24页 |
| 2.1.1 Getting contact with the author through private letters | 第18-21页 |
| 2.1.2 Targeting the author's secret of writing | 第21-24页 |
| 2.2 The reader's detachment from the author | 第24-27页 |
| 2.2.1 Respecting the author's privacy | 第24-25页 |
| 2.2.2 Valuing the author's works | 第25-27页 |
| 3. Author-Reader Relationship in the Construction of Readership | 第27-34页 |
| 3.1 The author's connection with the reading public | 第27-30页 |
| 3.1.1 The press as a double-edged sword | 第27-30页 |
| 3.1.2 The salon's double effects | 第30页 |
| 3.2 Estrangement between the author and the reading public | 第30-34页 |
| 3.2.1 The press's distancing readers from the author's works | 第30-32页 |
| 3.2.2 The reader's marginalizing the author's works | 第32-34页 |
| 4. Henry James's Ideals about Author-Reader Relationship | 第34-44页 |
| 4.1 A need for a proper distance | 第34-37页 |
| 4.2 A call for respect for the author's works | 第37-40页 |
| 4.3 A wish for a responsive reading public | 第40-44页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第44-47页 |
| Bibliography | 第47-49页 |
