Iron John
A Book About Men
$40.37
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
3 August 2001
Summary
The landmark exploration of masculinity, psychology and self-discovery from award-winning poet, Robert Bly with a brand new Foreword from expert mythographer Dr Martin Shaw
‘This book needs to be read’ - Guardian
‘A fascinating examination of myth, literature, psychology and anthropology… As thought-provoking an exploration of men and masculinity as any in recent years.’ - Newsday
‘Brilliantly eclectic… Invaluable’ - Deborah Tannen, Washington Post
‘Timely and …
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: | 19mm x 127mm x 197mm |
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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 *
Robert Bly
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.
Martin Shaw
Dr Martin Shaw is a writer, mythographer, and Christian thinker who has authored seventeen books. He holds a visiting position at the Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge University and is a fellow of the Temenos Academy. He founded the Oral Tradition and Mythic Life courses at Stanford University and is director of the Westcountry School of Myth in the UK. For thirty years, Shaw has been a wilderness rites-of-passage guide, working with men and women seeking a deeper life.
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