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 58
For harvesting trees , it is desirable that a stand be all of the same variety and
age . Nothing should grow on the forest floor , not seedling trees , not grass not
shrubbery . ( In one case , nineteen girls all working on the same operation were
...
For harvesting trees , it is desirable that a stand be all of the same variety and
age . Nothing should grow on the forest floor , not seedling trees , not grass not
shrubbery . ( In one case , nineteen girls all working on the same operation were
...
Page 63
The Yosemite Valley Seven men stand about the tree , which is now fallen and
exposed . Two hold axes ; one ... The man himself stands on that same ledge , a
ledge that must have been created by the felling of that tree . One can see it juts ...
The Yosemite Valley Seven men stand about the tree , which is now fallen and
exposed . Two hold axes ; one ... The man himself stands on that same ledge , a
ledge that must have been created by the felling of that tree . One can see it juts ...
Page 220
FOREST THE WAY WE STAND The poor little working - girl who had found
strength to gather up the fragments of her life and build herself a shelter with
them seemed to Lily to have reached the central truth of existence . EDITH
WHARTON ...
FOREST THE WAY WE STAND The poor little working - girl who had found
strength to gather up the fragments of her life and build herself a shelter with
them seemed to Lily to have reached the central truth of existence . EDITH
WHARTON ...
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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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