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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 39
Page 54
Give me something , she says . What he gives her she takes into herself without
asking why . She says now that the edges of what she sees are blurred . The
edges of what she sees , and what she wants , and what she is saying , are
blurred .
Give me something , she says . What he gives her she takes into herself without
asking why . She says now that the edges of what she sees are blurred . The
edges of what she sees , and what she wants , and what she is saying , are
blurred .
Page 104
( Approaching the great mammals , the hunters make little sounds which they
know will make the elephants form a defensive circle . ) And once she is his , he
prizes his delight . He feasts his eyes on her . He adorns her luxuriantly . He
gives her ...
( Approaching the great mammals , the hunters make little sounds which they
know will make the elephants form a defensive circle . ) And once she is his , he
prizes his delight . He feasts his eyes on her . He adorns her luxuriantly . He
gives her ...
Page 122
If he engenders children , he does not remember them . Memory is his enemy .
He does not stay in one place . He never spends time . Time is his executor . In
his quest for greater and greater speed , he casts away whatever gives him ...
If he engenders children , he does not remember them . Memory is his enemy .
He does not stay in one place . He never spends time . Time is his executor . In
his quest for greater and greater speed , he casts away whatever gives him ...
What people are saying - Write a review
LibraryThing Review
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
LibraryThing Review
User Review - BLUEBELL - LibraryThingreading this is an experience in itself, not a passing of the time Read full review
Contents
PROLOGUE | 1 |
LAND Her Changing Face | 47 |
TIMBER What Was There for Them | 56 |
Copyright | |
15 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
allow animals asked beauty become begin bird blood body breast called child cited continue count created darkness daughter death decided discovered dream ears earth energy existence eyes face fall fear feel feet female finally flesh forest Freud girls gives grow hair hands head hear hold horse human inside keep knew knowledge labor land laws learned less light lives longer look matter measures mind mother motion mouth move movement nature never night observed ourselves pain possible reason remember rivers secret separate shape skin soil sound space speak speed stand story tell things thought told touch trees turn universe voice wave wind woman womb women writes written young
References to this book
Bibliographic information
| Title | Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her |
| Author | Susan Griffin |
| Publisher | Harper & Row, 1978 |
| ISBN | 0060115114, 9780060115111 |
| Length | 263 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |