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 81
He sees her sometimes in a fury of wildness , her excitable frenzies pouring over
his body in waves ; his head tossing becomes her head , a silky black mane on
the pillows , large nostrils flaring , the long neck flailing back and forth , throwing ...
He sees her sometimes in a fury of wildness , her excitable frenzies pouring over
his body in waves ; his head tossing becomes her head , a silky black mane on
the pillows , large nostrils flaring , the long neck flailing back and forth , throwing ...
Page 128
Where he begins to think himself a prisoner ( Supposing that a thin coin is thrown
into the air with opposite faces , heads and tails . To figure the probability of
throwing heads at least one time in two throws , it is shown that four equally
possible ...
Where he begins to think himself a prisoner ( Supposing that a thin coin is thrown
into the air with opposite faces , heads and tails . To figure the probability of
throwing heads at least one time in two throws , it is shown that four equally
possible ...
Page 138
They sit everywhere , stand everywhere , small gods staring out from glass cases
, heads of goddesses assembled on tables ... cabinet sits a Greek vessel in the
shape of a sphinx , and inside , Sakmet , the goddess with the head of a lioness .
They sit everywhere , stand everywhere , small gods staring out from glass cases
, heads of goddesses assembled on tables ... cabinet sits a Greek vessel in the
shape of a sphinx , and inside , Sakmet , the goddess with the head of a lioness .
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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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