Primitive passions : men, women, and the quest for ecstasy / Marianna Torgovnick.
Primitive passions : men, women, and the quest for ecstasy / Marianna Torgovnick.
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, Inc., 1997.
Date
1997.
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N305.3/98
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English
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viii, 270 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. Men. Ch. 1. "What an Ecstasy It Would Have Been!": Gide and Jung in Africa. Ch. 2. "Something Stood Still in My Soul": D. H. Lawrence in New Mexico -- Pt. II. Women. Ch. 3. Loving Africa: Memoirs by European Women. Ch. 4. Dian Fossey Among the Animals. Ch. 5. "The Bones and the Blue": Georgia...
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, Inc., 1997.
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1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1997.
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Summary
Brilliantly encompassing religion, art, psychology, literature, and other aspects of our culture, Primitive Passions offers new insight into our ideas of spirituality and gender, and, ultimately, into the hidden but vital parts of ourselves....
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Primitive passions : men, women, and the quest for ecstasy / Marianna Torgovnick.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-257) and index.
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N305.3/98
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0679430865 (alk. paper)
9780679430865 (alk. paper)
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305.3
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991004825469702626