| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-17页 |
| ·John Donne and His Poetic Achievements | 第8-9页 |
| ·Brief Literature Review | 第9-15页 |
| ·Theme and Organization | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Rationale for Donne’s Paradoxical Views of Death | 第17-27页 |
| ·Turbulence in Social Context | 第17-22页 |
| ·Rifts in Personal Experience | 第22-27页 |
| Chapter Three Death at the Cost of Love | 第27-39页 |
| ·Death as Frustration in Love | 第27-33页 |
| ·Death as Union in Love | 第33-39页 |
| Chapter Four Death in Pursuit of God | 第39-52页 |
| ·Death as Sin and Damnation | 第39-47页 |
| ·Death as Salvation and Resurrection | 第47-52页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第52-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-60页 |
