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Iron John: A Book About Men (平装)
by Robert Bly
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Relationships, Male development, Human development |
| Market price: ¥ 158.00
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Publishers Weekly (MSL quote), USA
<2008-03-21 00:00>
Bly redefines masculinity in a groundbreaking book that went to
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. |
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Library Journal (MSL quote), USA
<2008-03-21 00:00>
Bly, a major American poet who won a National Book Award in 1968, appears regularly at workshops for men. The book's title refers to a mentor-like figure in a Grimms fairy tale who serves as Wild Man, initiator, and source of divine energy for a young man. This marvelous folktale of resonant, many-layered meanings is an apt choice for demonstrating the need for men to learn from other men how to honor and reimagine the positive image of their masculinity. Bly has always responded to Blakean and Yeatsian intensities, preferring to travel the path lit by mythic road signs. His intent here is to restore a lost heritage of emotional connection and expose the paltriness of a provisional life. For many men capable of responding imaginatively to allegory and myth this will be an instructive and ultimately exculpating book. Others may regard it as an inscrutable attempt, intuitive at best, to find merit in male developmental anxieties. For all collections emphasizing family or gender studies.
- William Abrams, Portland State Univ. Lib., Ore.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. |
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Deborah Tannen, Washington Post, USA
<2008-03-21 00:00>
A brilliantly eclectic written meditation...an invisible contribution to the gathering public conversation about what it means to be male-or female. |
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Curled Up with a Good Book , USA
<2008-03-21 00:00>
A 'classic' of sexual politics...[Bly's] heartfelt analysis of the Iron John story [is] a delight to read and an inspiration. |
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New York Times , USA
<2008-03-21 00:00>
A fascinating examination of myth, literature, psychology, and anthropology" (Newsday), National Book Award-winning poet and translator Robert Bly offers nothing less than a new vision of what it is to be a man. "Important and timely." |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2008-03-21 00:00>
In this book, Bly attempts to use the fairy tale of 'Iron John' as a metaphor for the initiation of a boy into a responsible man. Once the initiation is complete, after a series of symbolic adventures, a responsible man emerges. In each section of the book, Bly reveals a piece of the story as a stage in the boy's development, often accompanying the tale with mythological, social, and cultural themes. This book is about men, for men. Bly feels men are in trouble, and tries to explain why. He also attempts to give a definition of what a real man is. A real man is one who has the courage and conviction to fight, but also has the compassion and tenderness to feel. Men in our society seem to be too much on one side or the other. We have too many wild, violent, brutal men with no feeling. We also have too many submissive, weak, 'Yes Dear' type of men... He tries to give reasons for this 'downfall', using important themes such as:
1) Young men without responsible, older men in their lives,
2) The industrial revolution separating father from son
3) The elimination our link to nature as a result of the Industrial Revolution, and
4) How the feminist movement, while absolutely necessary, has had an adverse effect of creating a culture which portrays men as complete idiots.
I found many passages where I felt Bly was right on the money. I had several revelations and epiphanies while reading this book, things I've always known but never realized. Until now. This is great stuff. A very important book, I believe, and could be used for various purposes such as instruction or counseling. Men everywhere could benefit from reading this, in my opinion..
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