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This chapter examines the woodcut novels of Lynd Ward (1905–1985), the most accomplished American practitioner of the genre, through the lens of ecocriticism, materiality studies, and trauma theory. It analyzes Ward’s philosophy of wood as a living collaborator in artistic creation, his use of trees to critique racial violence and capitalism in Wild Pilgrimage (1932), and his establishment of the Equinox Cooperative Press as an alternative to industrial publishing. The chapter demonstrates how Ward’s wordless narratives employed sequential wood engravings to create stories of epistemological complexity and emotional intensity that could inspire social activism.

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A Feeling for Wood Itself: Lynd Ward’s Arboreal Modernism and the Politics of Wood

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    2026年

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  • Olivia Badoi

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This chapter examines the woodcut novels of Lynd Ward (1905–1985), the most accomplished American practitioner of the genre, through the lens of ecocriticism, materiality studies, and trauma theory. It analyzes Ward’s philosophy of wood as a living collaborator in artistic creation, his use of trees to critique racial violence and capitalism in Wild Pilgrimage (1932), and his establishment of the Equinox Cooperative Press as an alternative to industrial publishing. The chapter demonstrates how Ward’s wordless narratives employed sequential wood engravings to create stories of epistemological complexity and emotional intensity that could inspire social activism.