Chapter One Introduction 1.1 William Styron and His Major Works 1.2 Sophie's Choice: A Weighty and Passionate Novel 1.3 New Historicism and Sophie's Choice: A Perfect Pairing
Chapter Two The Violated Boundary Between History and Fiction 2.1 The Break-down of the Distinction Between History and Fiction by New Historicists 2.2 Styron's Identification with New Historicists
Chapter Three New Historicist Concepts of History and Texts in Sophie's Choice 3.1 New Historicist Concepts of History and Tests 3.2 New Historicism in Sophie's Choice
Chapter Four The Thematic Significance of Sophie's Choice from New Historicist Point of View 4.1 Evil of Humanity 4.2 The Destructiveness of Guilt 4.3 The Ruin of Expiation
Chapter Five New Historicist Confessions of William Styron 5.1 Searching the Root of All Evil in Styron's Histories 5.2 Speaking the Unspeakable in Styron's Choice 5.3 Surmounting the Insurmountable in Styron's Literary Creations Chapter Six Conclusion Bibliography Acknowledgements
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