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 54
No longer praying , no longer imploring , he pronounces words from a distance
and his orders are carried out . Even with his back turned to her she yields to him
. And in his mind , he imagines that he can conceive without her . In his mind he ...
No longer praying , no longer imploring , he pronounces words from a distance
and his orders are carried out . Even with his back turned to her she yields to him
. And in his mind , he imagines that he can conceive without her . In his mind he ...
Page 118
... be reasonable and emotions they said must be distrusted because we are
filled with rage that where emotions color thought because we cry out thought is
no longer objective because we are shaking and therefore no longer describes
what ...
... be reasonable and emotions they said must be distrusted because we are
filled with rage that where emotions color thought because we cry out thought is
no longer objective because we are shaking and therefore no longer describes
what ...
Page 168
Why did we no longer bother to draw back the curtains ! No longer bother to
make the beds ? Why did we leave scraps of meat out on the tables ? Leave our
hair wild and uncombed ? Refuse any longer to speak ? Draw into ourselves and
ask ...
Why did we no longer bother to draw back the curtains ! No longer bother to
make the beds ? Why did we leave scraps of meat out on the tables ? Leave our
hair wild and uncombed ? Refuse any longer to speak ? Draw into ourselves and
ask ...
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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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