| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·The Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Feasibility Study of the Death Theme in Allan Poe's Works | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Structure of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-17页 |
| ·The Previous Research of Allan Poe's Works Abroad | 第13-15页 |
| ·The Previous Research of Allan Poe's Works at Home | 第15-16页 |
| ·Summary | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Three The Forming Background of Allan Poe's UniqueAesthetics of Death | 第17-29页 |
| ·Allan Poe's Obsession with Death | 第17-21页 |
| ·An Upbringing of Death | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Death of Beautiful Women in Allan Poe's Life | 第18-21页 |
| ·The Inheritance and Development of Gothic Fiction's Tradition | 第21-24页 |
| ·The Influence of the Western Traditional Aesthetic Theories | 第24-27页 |
| ·The Tragic Aesthetic Theory | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Sublime Aesthetic Theory | 第25-27页 |
| ·The Influence of Allan Poe's Society and Times | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Four The Beauty of Death in Allan Poe's Works | 第29-42页 |
| ·Patetico and Melancholy Beauty | 第29-33页 |
| ·Horrible and Uncanny Beauty | 第33-37页 |
| ·Decadent and Desperate Beauty | 第37-39页 |
| ·Romantic and Transcendental Beauty | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter Five Allan Poe's Aesthetics of Death and his Unique CreationTheory | 第42-47页 |
| ·"Pure" Poetic Theory | 第42-43页 |
| ·The "Unity Effect" | 第43-45页 |
| ·The Death of the Beauties | 第45-46页 |
| ·Summary | 第46-47页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第47-49页 |
| Works Cited | 第49-52页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第52-53页 |
| 个人简介 | 第53-54页 |
