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 115
It is said that there are vibrations too rapid for the human ear and vibrations too
slow , that vibrations of sound increase in ... It is therefore said that sounds do not
exist without ears and a mind to hear them , that all sound exists only in the mind .
It is said that there are vibrations too rapid for the human ear and vibrations too
slow , that vibrations of sound increase in ... It is therefore said that sounds do not
exist without ears and a mind to hear them , that all sound exists only in the mind .
Page 180
When she was a child this animal licked her ears clean . And that explains her to
us . Because that deft tongue washed out what stops up most of our hearing , she
can hear most clearly . She can even , yes , even hear what the birds say .
When she was a child this animal licked her ears clean . And that explains her to
us . Because that deft tongue washed out what stops up most of our hearing , she
can hear most clearly . She can even , yes , even hear what the birds say .
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... and they bloom , cyclamen , in your ears , in your ears , calling their names ,
this sound from my throat echoing , my breath in your ears , your eyes , your eyes
continuing to see , continuing , your eyes telling , telling the light , the light .
... and they bloom , cyclamen , in your ears , in your ears , calling their names ,
this sound from my throat echoing , my breath in your ears , your eyes , your eyes
continuing to see , continuing , your eyes telling , telling the light , the light .
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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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