Here all dwell free : stories to heal the wounded feminine / Gertrud Mueller Nelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Gertrud Mueller.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maiden without hands (Tale).

Sleeping Beauty (Tale).

Femininity.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xvi, 364 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Doubleday, [1991]

Contents:

Part 1: The story of the handless maiden

Healing the handless maiden

The miller and the mill

The price

The daughter's choice

The need for a great love

The king and the moonlit garden

The thief in the night

Silver hands

The king's mother complex and the queen's father complex as partners in the marriage

Getting the message

Into the woods

Here all dwell free

The king's journey

And they lived contentedly to their happy end. Part 2: The story of Briar Rose

The awakening of Briar Rose

The hopeful king and queen

The forgotten goddess

The divine incarnate

Curses and blessings

The emerging feminine

Entering women's mysteries

Grasping the spindle

Drawing blood

The tower

The tower as coffin and nuptial bed

The tower as religious formation

When the time is ripe

The awakening. Part 3 A New Creation : Telling our own story

Forming a new creation. Part 4 Related Stories: A dream

The unfortunate lovers

The two royal children

Sun and moon

A recounting of the myth of Demeter and Persephone

The armless maiden: a Russian fairy tale

The one-handed girl: a Swahili tale.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-364).

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Other Format:

Online version: Nelson, Gertrud Mueller. Here all dwell free.

ISBN:

0385421001

9780385421003

OCLC:

23868491