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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WIND "Listen, I have stood being shut up as long as I can I cannot go on any
longer. . . . But they would not let me go 'In a little while you will be better; in a little
while you will be all right; in a little while you can go home' I can't stand this ...
WIND "Listen, I have stood being shut up as long as I can I cannot go on any
longer. . . . But they would not let me go 'In a little while you will be better; in a little
while you will be all right; in a little while you can go home' I can't stand this ...
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A wind whirls him around on his left foot, like a tornado. He tries to reach the
church of the college he has seen ahead of him so that he might say a prayer. But
at that moment he realizes he has passed an acquaintance without saying hello,
...
A wind whirls him around on his left foot, like a tornado. He tries to reach the
church of the college he has seen ahead of him so that he might say a prayer. But
at that moment he realizes he has passed an acquaintance without saying hello,
...
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... in the way we stand, each alone, yet none of us separable, none of us beautiful
when separate but all exquisite as we stand, each moment heeded in this cycle,
no detail unlovely. THE WIND Ask who keeps the wind Ask what is FOHEST 221.
... in the way we stand, each alone, yet none of us separable, none of us beautiful
when separate but all exquisite as we stand, each moment heeded in this cycle,
no detail unlovely. THE WIND Ask who keeps the wind Ask what is FOHEST 221.
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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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