Iron John
A Book About Men
$41.51
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
3 August 2001
Summary
The hugely influential international bestseller which has been acclaimed as the male equivalent of The Female Eunuch.
Robert Bly writes that it is clear to men that the images of adult manhood given by popular culture are worn out, that a man can no longer depend on them. Iron John searches for a new vision of what a man is or could be, drawing on psychology, anthropology, mythology, folklore and legend. Robert Bly looks at the importance of the Wild Man (reminiscent of the Wild Woman…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780712610704 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0712610707 |
| Author: | Robert Bly |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Rider & Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 3 August 2001 |
| Weight: | 206g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 127mm x 19mm |
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Critics Review
This book needs to be read, I believe, not as a dry work of scholarship to be judged coolly by the mind, but as the work of a poet struggling to convey an emotional experience and lead us to what he has found within himself * Guardian *Eclectic and unclassifiable. Iron John is a work whose mentors are the prophetic poets and crazies, William Blake and Walt Whitman * Sydney Morning Herald *Important. timely. and powerful * New York Times *
About The Author
Robert Bly
Robert Bly is a poet, storyteller, translator and worldwide lecturer. His poetry has won many awards, including the National Book Award. This is his first full-length book of prose. He lives with his wife in Madison, Minnesota.
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