{"product_id":"lichen-tufts-from-the-alleghanies-hardcover","title":"Lichen Tufts, from the Alleghanies - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth C. Wright\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEmily E. Vandette\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eLaurie Lounsberry Meehan\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her 1860 book \u003ci\u003eLichen Tufts, from the Alleghanies\u003c\/i\u003e, Elizabeth C. Wright weaves together environmental philosophy, lyrical nature writing, and social consciousness. A graduate of Alfred University, Wright was an activist for women's rights, temperance, and the abolition of slavery. She was a teacher, a botanist, and, later in life, a Kansas homesteader. In Lichen Tufts, Wright urged her readers to cultivate an intimate knowledge of the natural world, reflecting her Transcendentalist belief that an immersive relationship with nature benefits the individual as well as society as a whole. Composed of four essays and forty poems, Lichen Tufts reveals wisdom and beauty in an early example of eco-feminism that highlights the natural world as antidote to society's restrictive gender codes, one that is still relevant today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSUNY Press brings \u003ci\u003eLichen Tufts, from the Alleghanies\u003c\/i\u003e to life for modern audiences, with a recovery edition featuring the 1860 book in its entirety. An Introduction by Emily E. VanDette places the book and its author in the context of nineteenth-century social reform campaigns throughout the \"Burned Over District\" of western New York. An Afterword written by Laurie Lounsberry Meehan highlights the history of Alfred University and the cohort that influenced Wright's environmental and social reform activism.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth C. Wright (1826-1882)\u003c\/b\u003e graduated from Alfred University in 1855. She was an environmental scientist, educator, author, and social reform activist. \u003cb\u003eEmily E. VanDette\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at the State University of New York at Fredonia and the author of \u003ci\u003eSibling Romance in American Fiction, 1835-1900\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eLaurie Lounsberry Meehan\u003c\/b\u003e is Librarian and University Archivist at Alfred University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 157\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52630465577267,"sku":"9781438489216","price":176.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/c2FhYWdFSGdCSlNjQTc2dVZlcEhEZz09.webp?v=1762160264","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/lichen-tufts-from-the-alleghanies-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}