| Abstract | 第5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| 1. Purpose and Significance of the Thesis | 第9-11页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第11-13页 |
| 3. Structure and Contents | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter One Periodicals and Elia Essays in Nineteenth-Century England | 第15-27页 |
| 1.1 The Development of Periodicals from 18~(th) Century to 19~(th) Century | 第15-18页 |
| 1.2 Periodicals and Elia Essays | 第18-27页 |
| 1.2.1 The Emergence of Familiar Essays | 第18-20页 |
| 1.2.2 Features of Familiar Essays in the Periodical | 第20-24页 |
| 1.2.3 Lamb's Elia the Periodical | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Two Cause and Effect:Elia's Success in the Periodical | 第27-37页 |
| 2.1 Displacing from Reality | 第27-31页 |
| 2.2 Observing Life from a Distant Aesthetical Perspective | 第31-34页 |
| 2.3 Seeking Response:Pondering after Laughter | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter Three Periodical Anxiety and Lamb's Remedy | 第37-54页 |
| 3.1 The Anxiety among Mainstream Authors over the "Lower" Periodical | 第37-39页 |
| 3.2 The Anxiety among the Periodical Writers over Their Authorial Identity | 第39-41页 |
| 3.3 Lamb's Remedy for the Anxiety | 第41-54页 |
| 3.3.1 A "Higher" Polished Literary Taste by Using Classical Allusion | 第41-45页 |
| 3.3.2 Poetic Prose | 第45-49页 |
| 3.3.3. An Indeterminate Role Game | 第49-54页 |
| Conclusion | 第54-57页 |
| Notes | 第57-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-63页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的论文 | 第63-64页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第64页 |
