Introduction

0.1 The Success of Southey’s Epics

0.2 The Argument and the Methodology of the Dissertation

0.3 Critical Survey

0.4 The Organization of the Dissertation

Chapter One The Political Binary Oppositions in Joan of Arc

1.1 An Independence Declaration of Defence against British Aggression

1.2 The Contrast between Public’s Altruism and Monarch’s Egoism

1.3 Male Political Domination and Female Subordination

Chapter Two The Cultural Binary Oppositions in Madoc

2.1 The Conflict between European“Civilization”and American“Barbarity”

2.2 The Rivalry between European Christianity and American Fetishism

2.3 The Comparison between Welsh Patriarchy and American Matriarchy

Chapter Three The Moral Binary Oppositions in Roderick，the Last of the Goths

3.1 The Struggle between Loyalty and Betrayal in National Unification

3.2 Hermit’s Benevolence versus King’s Malevolence

3.3 A Canticle of Triumph of Female Virtue over Male Evil

Conclusion

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