Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her"A West Coast feminist and poet draws from myth, legend, history, religion, sociology, science, and other sources to trace the evolution of attitudes toward and perceptions of women and nature."--Goodreads website. |
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Page 83
HER BODY I wish they all had but one body , so that we could burn them all at
once , in one fire ! HENRI BOGUET , Discours des Sorciers Her body is a vessel
of death . Her beauty is a lure . Her charm a trap . She is irresistible . Her voice is
...
HER BODY I wish they all had but one body , so that we could burn them all at
once , in one fire ! HENRI BOGUET , Discours des Sorciers Her body is a vessel
of death . Her beauty is a lure . Her charm a trap . She is irresistible . Her voice is
...
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THE YEARS Her Body Awakens . . . this we were , this is how we tried to love and
these are the forces they had ranged against . us , and these are the forces we
had ranged within us , within us and against us , against us and within us .
THE YEARS Her Body Awakens . . . this we were , this is how we tried to love and
these are the forces they had ranged against . us , and these are the forces we
had ranged within us , within us and against us , against us and within us .
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and swollen , her body enormous and sagging , her body soft and flaccid , her
body endlessly perceiving the absence , her body refusing to submit , her body
continuing , her body consuming , her body sweating , her body rising and falling
...
and swollen , her body enormous and sagging , her body soft and flaccid , her
body endlessly perceiving the absence , her body refusing to submit , her body
continuing , her body consuming , her body sweating , her body rising and falling
...
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User Review - bness2 - LibraryThingI realize this is considered a classic in feminist literature, but it is not anything like what I was expecting and I found Griffin's stream of consciousness style to be very distracting. This is not ... Read full review
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Contents
PROLOGUE | 1 |
LAND Her Changing Face | 47 |
TIMBER What Was There for Them | 56 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her |
| Author | Susan Griffin |
| Publisher | Harper & Row, 1978 |
| ISBN | 0060115114, 9780060115111 |
| Length | 263 pages |
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