Shuttle's poetry is exceptional for its positive attitude towards human love, which she writes about with a startling combination of sensibility, irony, and practicality. "She is certainly one of the finest writers living in Britain today."--Anne StevensonPenelope Shuttle is a poet and novelist. Her previous collections of poems are The Orchard Upstairs and The Child-Stealers. She is also the author of five novels and two radio plays.

The Lion From Rio

Shuttle, Penelope

Oxford University Press

In the title poem of this, her ninth collection of verse, Penelope Shuttle introduces a new, gently ironic political note to her work. The remainder of the book is filled with poems more readily identifiable with Shuttle: outspoken love poems (one ruminating on erotic Indian art), poems about children ("Delicious Babies"), and verses concerning animals both in real life and in dreams. As always, her powerful, passionate poetry is spiced with an inviting sense of humor.

Taxing the Rain (Oxford Poets)

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

The wise wound: Eve's curse and everywoman

Richard Marek Publishers

This study of the facts, fantasies and taboos surrounding menstruation has helped bring about a profound shift in attitudes towards a natural phenomenon that has been reviled and denigrated over the centuries. Thoroughly researched yet highly readable, combining psychology, anthropology and poetry, Shuttle and Redgrove illustrate their theories using examples ranging from The Bible to such modern day pop horrors as vampire movies and the cult film The Exorcist.

The Wise Wound

Bantam]

The Wise Wound: menstruation and everywoman

“The first accessible book about menstruation as a human reality . . . entirely praiseworthy.”—The Sunday TimesThis is a book of many questions and some answers. What is this menstruation that half the world undergoes? Has it any use, or any purpose? Which is it, blessing or curse?This groundbreaking study of the facts, fantasies, and taboos surrounding menstruation has helped bring about a profound shift in attitudes toward a natural phenomenon that has been reviled and denigrated over the centuries. Thoroughly researched yet highly readable, combining psychology, anthropology, and poetry, Shuttle and Redgrove illustrate their theories using examples ranging from the Bible to such modern-day pop horrors as vampire movies and the cult film The Exorcist.

The wise wound: Menstruation and everywoman

Politics & Social Sciences

Women's Studies

V. Gollancz

Like New. Some page yellowing. Same day shipping.Alchemy for Women: Personal Transformation Through Dreams and the F

Alchemy for Women

RANDOM HOUSE UK

Rainsplitter in the zodiac garden

M.Boyars

Answers many of the questions that one had never thought or dared to ask. From the Foreword by Margaret Drabble This best-selling classic is now back in print after ten years. A groundbreaking study of the facts, fantasies and taboos surrounding menstruation, The Wise Wound has helped bring about a profound shift in women's attitudes towards a natural phenomenon that has been despised and denigrated for centuries. The Wise Wound explores the historical and cultural legacy of this repression, from its effects on the way medicine treats women to the displaced appearance of menstrual imagery at all levels of our culture. Thoroughly researched yet highly readable, combining psychology, anthropology and poetry, their theories are illustrated using examples ranging from The Bible to the cult film The Exorcist. The Wise Wound also offers practical advice for women on how to get in touch with the hidden energies of their own moon cycle. First published in 1978, The Wise Wound has gone through numerous editions, with 100,000 copies printed. This is an important literary event. Other books on menstruation have followed, but this was the first and still has the broadest appeal. " "The first accessible book about menstruation as a human reality ... entirely praiseworthy."?The Sunday Times "It could bring about a major change in our understanding of the sexes."?Psychology Today Penelope Shuttle is a noted feminist poet and novelist. Her acclaimed novels, including the most recent The Mirror of the Giant, are published by Marion Boyars. In 1996, Peter Redgrove received the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. His highly praised manifesto on the Gaia hypothesis, The Black Goddess and the Sixth Sense first appeared in 1987.

The Wise Wound: Menstruation and Everywoman

REDGROVE, Peter

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd

“The first accessible book about menstruation as a human reality . . . entirely praiseworthy.”—The Sunday Times
This is a book of many questions and some answers. What is this menstruation that half the world undergoes? Has it any use, or any purpose? Which is it, blessing or curse?
This groundbreaking study of the facts, fantasies, and taboos surrounding menstruation has helped bring about a profound shift in attitudes toward a natural phenomenon that has been reviled and denigrated over the centuries. Thoroughly researched yet highly readable, combining psychology, anthropology, and poetry, Shuttle and Redgrove illustrate their theories using examples ranging from the Bible to such modern-day pop horrors as vampire movies and the cult film The Exorcist.

Book by Shuttle, Penelope, Redgrove, Peter

The Wise Wound: Myths, Realities, and Meanings of Menstruation

Grove

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