Iron John

Zusatztext

<p>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.<i>Iron John</i>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 in<i>Women Who Run With the Wolves</i>), who he compares to a Zen priest, a shaman or a woodman.</p><p>'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'<i>Guardian</i></p><p>'Eclectic and unclassifiable.<i>Iron John</i>is a work whose mentors are the prophetic poets and crazies, William Blake and Walt Whitman'<i>Sydney Morning Herald</i></p><p>'Important.timely.and powerful'<i>New York Times</i></p>

Autorenportrait

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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