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 137
Thousands of gallons become teaspoonfuls . Finally , she can call this material
pure . Yet it does not ... A piece of metal placed near the radium but not touching
it becomes radioactive . The pure radium burns itself away . Now this substance ...
Thousands of gallons become teaspoonfuls . Finally , she can call this material
pure . Yet it does not ... A piece of metal placed near the radium but not touching
it becomes radioactive . The pure radium burns itself away . Now this substance ...
Page 160
This round cavern , motion turned back on itself , the follower becomes the
followed , moon in the sky , the edge becoming the center , what is buried
emerges , light dying over the water , what is unearthed is stunning , the one we
were ...
This round cavern , motion turned back on itself , the follower becomes the
followed , moon in the sky , the edge becoming the center , what is buried
emerges , light dying over the water , what is unearthed is stunning , the one we
were ...
Page 202
We are trying to ignore it lest the pain become unbearable . September 5 , 1937
Hundreds and Thousands , the journals of Emily Carr All around us , each way
we look , we see only whiteness . And the sky itself is heavy with snow which ...
We are trying to ignore it lest the pain become unbearable . September 5 , 1937
Hundreds and Thousands , the journals of Emily Carr All around us , each way
we look , we see only whiteness . And the sky itself is heavy with snow which ...
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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
MATTER | 5 |
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 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0060115114, 9780060115111 |
| Length | 263 pages |
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