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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... originates from outside matter . 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 .
... originates from outside matter . 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 .
Page 105
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 ...
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 ...
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The existence of this movement was denied to us . We believed we were the first
to want to act . We thought we were the first to refuse to submit . I remained there
until the Wednesday evening , still being fed by force . I was then taken back to ...
The existence of this movement was denied to us . We believed we were the first
to want to act . We thought we were the first to refuse to submit . I remained there
until the Wednesday evening , still being fed by force . I was then taken back to ...
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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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