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... perceived by the world simply as a pregnant woman , and it seemed easier , less disturb- ing , to perceive myself so . After my child was born the " measles " were diagnosed as an allergic reaction to pregnancy . Within two years , I ...
... perceived by the world simply as a pregnant woman , and it seemed easier , less disturb- ing , to perceive myself so . After my child was born the " measles " were diagnosed as an allergic reaction to pregnancy . Within two years , I ...
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... perceived more and more as a service she renders , a function she performs . In the Eumen- ides of Aeschylus , the Erinyes , representing mother- right , claim vengeance on Orestes for the crime of matricide . But Apollo declares that ...
... perceived more and more as a service she renders , a function she performs . In the Eumen- ides of Aeschylus , the Erinyes , representing mother- right , claim vengeance on Orestes for the crime of matricide . But Apollo declares that ...
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... perceived as a disaster , as an " enemy within . ” In Cora Sandel's Alberta and Freedom , Alberta , an im- poverished young woman writer , has become preg- nant by her lover ; she confesses to her friend Liesel , also an artist : " Only ...
... perceived as a disaster , as an " enemy within . ” In Cora Sandel's Alberta and Freedom , Alberta , an im- poverished young woman writer , has become preg- nant by her lover ; she confesses to her friend Liesel , also an artist : " Only ...
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Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
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