Penelope Shuttle (Book order (chronological))

Penelope Shuttle Book order (chronological)

Penelope Shuttle's poetry draws inspiration from the elemental forces of Cornwall, where she has lived since 1970, and the profound depths of personal experience. Her work frequently explores the female condition, weaving together the mundane with myth and dream to reveal the extraordinary within the ordinary. Shuttle employs vivid, elemental imagery, and her language can shift from ceremonial reverence to a striking, direct intimacy when addressing the tenderest aspects of life and loss.

The Wise Wound

365 pages
13 hours of reading

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.

1982

4.0