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 83
The innocent cannot see her real shape . Behind her suppliant flesh is a maw , a
devouring hole , an abyss . Death . Destruction . Darkness without light .
Nothingness . She will eat the flesh she appears to love . Her hunger is never
satisfied .
The innocent cannot see her real shape . Behind her suppliant flesh is a maw , a
devouring hole , an abyss . Death . Destruction . Darkness without light .
Nothingness . She will eat the flesh she appears to love . Her hunger is never
satisfied .
Page 105
She has never in her life stretched those legs . Never darted farther than twenty
yards at a time . Only once did she use her claws . Only once did she feel them
sink into flesh . And it was her keeper ' s flesh . Her keeper whom she loves , who
...
She has never in her life stretched those legs . Never darted farther than twenty
yards at a time . Only once did she use her claws . Only once did she feel them
sink into flesh . And it was her keeper ' s flesh . Her keeper whom she loves , who
...
Page 212
LADY CONSTANCE LYTTON , on her conviction for " disorderly behavior with
intent to disturb the peace , ” 1909 We were never told of the existence of this
movement . The existence of this movement was denied to us . We believed we
were ...
LADY CONSTANCE LYTTON , on her conviction for " disorderly behavior with
intent to disturb the peace , ” 1909 We were never told of the existence of this
movement . The existence of this movement was denied to us . We believed we
were ...
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Contents
MATTER | 5 |
LAND Her Changing Face | 47 |
TIMBER What Was There for Them | 56 |
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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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