●Introduction
●0.1The Success of Southey’s Epics
●0.2The Argument and the Methodology of the Dissertation
●0.3Critical Survey
●Chapter OneThe Political Binary Oppositions in Joan of Arc
●1.1An Independence Declaration of Defence against British Aggression
●1.2The Contrast between Public’s Altruism and Monarch’s Egoism
●1.3Male Political Domination and Female Subordination
●Chapter TwoThe Cultural Binary Oppositions in Madoc
●2.1The Conflict between European “Civilization” and American “Barbarity”
●2.2The Rivalry between European Christianity and American Fetishism
●2.3The Comparison between Welsh Patriarchy and American Matriarchy
●Chapter ThreeThe Moral Binary Oppositions in Roderick, the Last of the Goths
●3.1The Struggle between Loyalty and Betrayal in National Unification
●3.2Hermit’s Benevolence versus King’s Malevolence
●3.3A Canticle of Triumph of Female Virtue over Male Evi
●Conclusion
●Bibliography