Chapter Ⅰ Introduction 1
1.1 Proulx—A Reinhabitory Writer 1
1.2 Current Studies on Annie Proulx 15
1.3 Proulx’s Ecological Visions and Eco-theories 23
Chapter Ⅱ Non-inhabitation： Postcards 33
2.1 Land Endangered Under Yeoman’s Pastoral Dream 37
2.2 Back-to-the-Land Fails to Dwell 57
Chapter Ⅲ Ecological Restoration：That Old Ace in the Hole 87
3.1 Tragedy of the Land Under Pioneer Exploitation 96
3.2 Environmental Deterioration with Global Agribusiness 112
3.3 Prairie Ecological Restoration 128
Chapter Ⅳ Reinhabitation：The Shipping News 144
4.1 Uprooted in Environmental Unconsciousness 157
4.2 Quoyle’s Reinhabitation in Newfoundland 170
Conclusion 197
Works Cited 201
后记 211