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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That the soul is the cause of all movement in matter and that the soul was created by God : that all other movement proceeds from violent contact with other moving matter , which was first moved by God .
That the soul is the cause of all movement in matter and that the soul was created by God : that all other movement proceeds from violent contact with other moving matter , which was first moved by God .
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Through her half - open lids she knew they made movements around her . They fed her with tubes . They observed her . They wrote comments in notebooks . And finally they rendered a judgment . She was normal . She was a normal wild beast ...
Through her half - open lids she knew they made movements around her . They fed her with tubes . They observed her . They wrote comments in notebooks . And finally they rendered a judgment . She was normal . She was a normal wild beast ...
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LADY CONSTANCE LYTTON , on her conviction for " disorderly behavior with intent to disturb the peace , " 1909 We were never told of the existence of this movement . The existence of this movement was denied to us .
LADY CONSTANCE LYTTON , on her conviction for " disorderly behavior with intent to disturb the peace , " 1909 We were never told of the existence of this movement . The existence of this movement was denied to us .
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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
MATTER | 5 |
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 Harper colophon books |
| Author | Susan Griffin |
| Publisher | Harper & Row, 1978 |
| ISBN | 0060115114, 9780060115111 |
| Length | 263 pages |
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