Introduction
I.Contextualizing Barnes and Her Melancholic Writing
II.A Critical Survey of Barnes Studies
III.The Definition and Clarification of Key Terms
IV.The Structure of the Dissertation
Chapter 1 Ryder： The Anatomy of Melancholic Loss
I.Loss of the Symbolic Order： A Cause of Melancholy from Polygamy
II.Anatomy in the Mode of Pseudo Family Chronicle
III.Anatomy： A Cure for the Melancholy of Loss
Chapter 2 Ladies Almanack： The Anatomy of Melancholic Sexuality
I.Sexual Inversion： A Cause of Melancholy from Lesbianism
II.Anatomy in the Mode of Parodic Almanac
III.Anatomy： A Cure for the Melancholy of Sexuality
Chapter 3 Nightwood： The Anatomy of Melancholic Love
I.Love for "La Somnambule"： A Cause of Melancholy from Obsession
II.Anatomy in the Mode of Quasi Prose-Poetry
III.Anatomy： A Cure for "Love Melancholy"
Chapter 4 The Antiphon： The Anatomy of Melancholic Reconciliation
I.Reconciliation of the Splintering Family： A Cause of Melancholy from "Estranged Familiarity"
II.Anatomy in the Mode of Ironic Morality Play
III.Anatomy： A Failed Cure for the Ontological Melancholy of Life
Conclusion
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