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 38
The energy of the self is hidden , it is revealed , in a “ dark and inaccessible ”
region of the mind , filled with sexual longings . This region of the mind can be
detected in dreams , in slips of the tongue , concealed memories , in associations
...
The energy of the self is hidden , it is revealed , in a “ dark and inaccessible ”
region of the mind , filled with sexual longings . This region of the mind can be
detected in dreams , in slips of the tongue , concealed memories , in associations
...
Page 54
And in his mind , he imagines that he can conceive without her . In his mind he
develops the means to supplant her miracles with his own . In his mind , he no
longer relies on her . What he possesses , he says , is his to use and to abandon .
And in his mind , he imagines that he can conceive without her . In his mind he
develops the means to supplant her miracles with his own . In his mind , he no
longer relies on her . What he possesses , he says , is his to use and to abandon .
Page 116
And since sound is a product of the mind , it is further argued , it is absurd to
believe that sound can exist in an unthinking substance , in the violin , or the
wood of the violin . And since all evidence for the existence of matter is sensual
evidence ...
And since sound is a product of the mind , it is further argued , it is absurd to
believe that sound can exist in an unthinking substance , in the violin , or the
wood of the violin . And since all evidence for the existence of matter is sensual
evidence ...
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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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