Abstract | 第1-7页 |
摘要 | 第7-9页 |
Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-18页 |
·Edgar Allan Poe and The Murders in the Rue Morgue | 第9-11页 |
·Criticism at Home and Abroad | 第11-16页 |
·Structure of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
Chapter 2 Poe in the Context of Race and Slavery | 第18-30页 |
·Poe’s Sympathy for Slave-holding Tradition in the South | 第19-22页 |
·The Strategy of Average Racism | 第22-24页 |
·Racial Conflicts and Social Life of Antebellum Philadelphia | 第24-30页 |
Chapter 3 The Murderer Orangutan as an Image of a Black Slave | 第30-40页 |
·The Biological Identification of the Blacks with Apes | 第33-36页 |
·The Sufferings of Orangutan as a Slave | 第36-40页 |
Chapter 4 Potential Racism in Dupin and the Victims | 第40-45页 |
·Dupin’s Racist Tendency | 第40-42页 |
·The Victims’ Fear for Possible Interracial Sexual Assault | 第42-45页 |
Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第45-48页 |
Work Cited | 第48-50页 |
Bibliography | 第50-53页 |
Acknowledgements | 第53页 |