王金娥编写的《孤寂的风景：论艾米莉·狄金森诗歌中的孤独意识》意在为狄金森的孤独正名：其孤独感无论在含义还是后果方面都具有双重性。除带给诗人痛苦、焦虑甚至恐惧之外，孤独在狄金森的诗歌中被部分转化为一种平和的慰藉力量，并成为其生存及诗歌创作的沃土。孤独带给狄金森必要的宁静生活及冥想空间，进而保存了其作品中的个性及独创性。狄金森在孤独中对生死及自然的审视获得了更为恢弘的视角，从而生出敏锐的洞察力及智慧的顿悟。狄金森在孤独中与自然和世界直接相遇，沉潜地观察并思考，而对繁杂的人间事物则保持了某种清醒的超然，颇有几分道家“独与天地精神相往来”的气概。狄金森遁出尘世，却并未与世隔绝，而通过将其沉默变为另一种言说及抗议，诗人以迂回的方式实现了隐藏话语的表达。狄金森的诗歌是其自我的直接投射。在仔细审视其诗歌世界的基础上，本书旨在洞悉狄金森的孤独意识，并希望以此阐明狄金森对美国个人主义精神及世界文学的贡献。

Chapter One Introduction

 1.1 Definition and Terminology

 1.2 Significance and Purpose of the Study

 1.3 Analytical Approach

 1.4 Literature Review

Chapter Two Loneliness in Faith

 2.1 Loneliness in Institutional Religion

2.1.1 A Rebel Against Orthodoxy

2.1.2 A Skeptic Among God's Children

 2.2 Loneliness in Personal Religion

2.2.1 Truth and Beauty

2.2.2 Child's Faith

Chapter Three Loneliness in Existence

 3.1 Nature：Impossible Integration

3.1.1 Lone Landscape in New England

3.1.2 Alienation Between Man and Nature

 3.2 Life：Impermanent Being

3.2.1 Loneliness from Separation

3.2.2 Homeless at Home

3.2.3 Loneliness in Spinsterhood

 3.3 Death：Inevitable Doom

3.3.1 Shadow of Death

3.3.2 Fantasy of Afterlife

Chapter Four Loneliness in Gender

 4.1 Women's Reticence as the Other

4.1.1 Reticence in Society

4.1.2 Reticence at Home

 4.2 Women's Anxiety of Authorship

4.2.1 Solitary Writer

4.2.2 Another Textual Strategy

Chapter Five Duality of Loneliness

 5.1 Great Pain in Loneliness

5.1.1 Pain in Progression

5.1.2 Suicidal Attempt as Escape

 5.2 Romantic Appreciation of Solitude

5.2.1 Satisfaction and Inspiration

5.2.2 Individualistic Preservation

5.2.3 Hidden Discourse

Chapter Six Conclusion

References

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