Woman and nature: the roaring inside herA 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 |
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Page 122
F. T. MARINETTI, "The New Religion Morality of Speed" No material body can
move faster than the speed of light. ALBERT EINSTEIN and LEOPOLD INKELD,
The Evolution of Physics The race-car driver is fearless. He speeds past death.
F. T. MARINETTI, "The New Religion Morality of Speed" No material body can
move faster than the speed of light. ALBERT EINSTEIN and LEOPOLD INKELD,
The Evolution of Physics The race-car driver is fearless. He speeds past death.
Page 140
He says therefore that what we know as birth and death is a delusion. That we
think of birth as a coming into being and death as annihilation, but that nothing
can be created out of nothing, and that which is cannot perish utterly. There is no
...
He says therefore that what we know as birth and death is a delusion. That we
think of birth as a coming into being and death as annihilation, but that nothing
can be created out of nothing, and that which is cannot perish utterly. There is no
...
Page 206
I want nothing left of me for you, ho death except some fertilizer for the next batch
of us who do not hold hands with you who do not embrace you who try not to
work for you or sacrifice themselves or trust or believe you, ho ignorant death,
how ...
I want nothing left of me for you, ho death except some fertilizer for the next batch
of us who do not hold hands with you who do not embrace you who try not to
work for you or sacrifice themselves or trust or believe you, ho ignorant death,
how ...
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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 Therefor Them | 56 |
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| Title | Woman and nature: the roaring inside her |
| Author | Susan Griffin |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harper & Row, 1978 |
| ISBN | 0060907444, 9780060907440 |
| Length | 263 pages |
| Subjects | › › Cooking / Beverages / Wine & Spirits Feminism Nature Religion / Spirituality Sex role Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory Social Science / Gender Studies Social Science / General Social Science / Women's Studies Women |
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