Introduction
ChapterOneASurveyofEcocriticism
1.1TheBackgroundofEcocriticism
1.2TheBirthandGrowthofEcocriticism
1.3TheDefinitionofEcocriticism
1.4TheTheoreticalConnotationofEcocriticism
1.4.1TheTheoreticalResourcesofEcocriticism
1.4.2SummaryoftheTheoreticalConnotationofEcocriticism
1.5TheCriticalStrategyandCriticalMethodologyofEcocriticism
1.6TheSignificanceofEcocriticism
ChapterTwoTheOriginofThoreau'sEcologicalIdeas
2.1Concord——TheLivingEnvironmentofThoreau'sChildhood
2.2TheTraditionofConcordandAmericanCulture
2.3TheInfluenceofAmericanTranscendentalism
2.4TheInfluenceofAmericanIndianCulture
2.5TheInfluenceofOrientalCulture
ChapterThreeThoreau'sReflectiononNaturalEcology
3.1HighlightingtheExistenceofNature:DepictionofNature'sInstrumentalValue
3.1.1TheAestheticValueofNature
3.1.2TheRecreationalValueofNature
3.2DismantlingtheDichotomybetweenManandNature:DepictionofNature'sInherentValue
3.2.1TheMultiplicityofNature
3.2.2TheSubjectivityofNature
3.3Re-constructingtheRelationshipbetweenNatureandMan:HarmonybetweenThem
3.3.1NatureasMotherofHumanity,andasanInterdependentandInterconnectedOrganicWhole
3.3.2ManasPartofNature
3.3.3TheHarmoniousInteractionbetweenNatureandHuman
ChapterFourThoreau'sConcernoverSoEcology
4.1CritiqueoftheHierarchicalDominationofSociety
4.1.1CritiqueoftheSlaverySystem
4.1.2Thoreau'sAnti-WarStance
4.2AttitudetowardsScience:CombinationofSciencewithPoetry
4.2.1CritiqueoftheLimitationsofScience
4.2.2AttributingPoeticColortoScientificMethod
4.3BalancedDevelopmentbetweenNatureandCivilization
ChapterFiveThoreau'sMeditationuponSpiritualEcology
5.1ABriefDiscussionoftheTermsofSpiritandSpiritualEcology
5.2CritiqueofPeople'sSwellingAvariceforMaterialThings
5.3CultivationofSpiritualEcology
5.3.1EmphasisonSpiritualAspiration
5.3.2AdvocacyofHarmonybetweenPeople'sPhysicalandSpiritualLife
5.4TheInteractionbetweenSpiritualandNaturalEcology
5.4.1PreservingRatherThanDevastatingNature
5.4.2ReveringandAppreciatingRatherThanIgnoringNature
Conclusion
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Postscript