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 43
( Yet it is admitted it is impossible to find one electron at any speed . ) Bits of
matter , thus , are said to have “ tendencies to exist ” and atomic events are said
to have “ tendencies to occur . " The universe , it is now declared , is finite . Space
and ...
( Yet it is admitted it is impossible to find one electron at any speed . ) Bits of
matter , thus , are said to have “ tendencies to exist ” and atomic events are said
to have “ tendencies to occur . " The universe , it is now declared , is finite . Space
and ...
Page 122
Speed The Futurist Morality will defend man from the decay caused by slowness ,
by memory , by analysis , by repose and habit . Human energy centupled by
speed will master time and space . . . . The intoxication of great speeds in cars is
...
Speed The Futurist Morality will defend man from the decay caused by slowness ,
by memory , by analysis , by repose and habit . Human energy centupled by
speed will master time and space . . . . The intoxication of great speeds in cars is
...
Page 149
But at the speed of light , he lets her know , mass no longer exists ; she is
incapable of that kind of speed , he says , she would perish at that speed . And
time in the sky , he tells her , is measured in lightyears . From the earth to the
moon , he ...
But at the speed of light , he lets her know , mass no longer exists ; she is
incapable of that kind of speed , he says , she would perish at that speed . And
time in the sky , he tells her , is measured in lightyears . From the earth to the
moon , he ...
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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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