| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| CHINESE ABSTRACT | 第5-10页 |
| CHAPTER ONE Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| CHAPTER TWO Death:a World of Nothingness | 第16-26页 |
| CHAPTER THREE Life after Death:Hallucinations of the Human Mind | 第26-46页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR Analyses of Poe's Realistic View on Death | 第46-57页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第59-62页 |