Annie Proulx

Highly acclaimed author Annie Proulx has written many novels that deal with themes of human's relationship to the natural world. In Fen, Bog and Swamp, she turns her incisive writing skills to the non-fiction genre and creates a work of resounding environmental importance.

Proulx's childhood was shaped by a mother who revered natural spaces, particularly wetland ecosystems. This upbringing instilled in her a respect for nature that has been formative in the full scope of her literary career. Through a relationship of careful observation and mutual reciprocity, Proulx's life has been shaped by landscape, a dynamic that she seeks to engender in her audience. Her perspective in the narrative serves to inspire the audience to develop their own relationships with nature.

Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau is presented as an embodiment of early human values exemplified in a modern figure. Though his contemporaries viewed him...