Robert bly books list of books by author robert bly. A book about men 1990, which spent 62 weeks on the new york times best seller list, and is a key text of the mythopoetic mens movement. In this deeply learned book, poet and translator robert bly offers nothing less than a new vision of what it is to be a man. Robert elwood bly is an american poet, author, activist and leader of the mythopoetic mens movement. A book about men made him internationally famous, long before he was taken up as the popular bard of the new age movement. A couple good friends recommended iron john by robert bly to me, and i recently finished it. A book about men 1990, reprinted 2001 as iron john.
Iron john is about taking men back, through myth and legend, to the source of their masculinity, and finding a middle path between the greater awareness of the sensitive new age guy, and the power and vitality of the warrior. Robert bly iron john story men and the wound youtube. Bly has received many awards, including the national book award, for his poetry. See all books authored by robert bly, including iron john.
Finding rich meaning in ancient stories and legends, bly uses the grimm fairy tale iron john, in which the narrator, or wild man, guides a young man through eight stages of male growth, to remind us of archetypes long forgottenimages of vigorous masculinity, both protective and emotionally centered. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read iron john. Wherever the wound appears in our psyches, whether from alcoholic father, shaming mother, shaming father, abusing mother, whether it stems from isolation, disability, or disease, that is precisely the place for which we will give our major gift to the community. Bly is also a translator of scandinavian literature, such as twenty poems of tomas transtromer. Iron john 1990 robert bly robert bly is a wellrespected american poet. A book about men, and the sibling society, and more on. The classic story being used by mens groups today is from grimms fairy tales.
The long tomorrow leigh brackett epub saskatchewan. Drawing upon jungian psychology, myth, legend, folklore, and fairy tales the title is taken from a story by the. Blys vision is based on his ongoing work with men and reflections on his own life. I suppose a man can read cosmo and come away with something too. An exegesis of iron john, a parable about a boy maturing into adulthood with help of the wild man, and part of the grimms fairy tales published in 1812 by german folklorists brothers grimm, it spent 62 weeks on the new york times best seller list and went on to. It is a wonderfully written, and very poignant tome about the critical journey that all men must become aware of if they are to be successful in their world. He addresses the devastating effects of remote fathers and mourns the disappearance of male initiation rites in our culture. Iron john even though the wild man as a masculine archetype has largely disappeared from western culture, we do not have to go back too far in our history to find traces of it. By the book may 2, 20 the poet and critic, whose correspondence with the poet tomas transtromer, airmail, has just been published, was influenced by kierkegaard. By the book may 2, 20 the poet and critic, whose correspondence with the poet tomas transtromer, airmail, has just been published, was influenced by. Robert bly, renowned poet and author of the groundbreaking bestseller iron john, mingles essay and verse to explore the shadow the dark side of the human personality and the importance of confronting it.
Iron john the pillow and the key 1 iron john a book about men even in our era the agreedon model has changed drastically. Robert bly, renowned poet and author of the groundbreaking bestseller iron john, mingles essay and verse to explore the shadow the dark side of the human personality. It was a dense, interesting book examining modern masculinity and what men and women can learn about manhood from myths and stories of cultures around the world. Robert bly looks at the importance of the wild man reminiscent of the wild woman in women who run with the wolves, who. In iron john he brings both elements to bear in a way that will only truly be understood by men. An exegesis of iron john, a parable about a boy maturing into adulthood with help of the wild man, and part of the grimms fairy tales published in 1812 by german folklorists. The 25th anniversary edition of the groundbreaking new york times bestseller, with a new afterword by the authorwhich offers a new vision of what it is to be a manin this timeless and deeply learned classic, poet and translator robert bly offers nothing less than a new vision of what it means to be a man. For the light around the body he won the 1968 national book award for poetry. Iron john isbn 9780712610704 pdf epub robert bly ebook. Bly takes as the frame for his book the tale of iron john, which the grimm brothers collected in the early nineteenth century, but which in its themes and motifs goes back thousands of years. Robert bly is a poet, author, translator, activist, and leader of the mythopoetic mens movement. Jan 06, 2012 in this deeply learned book, poet and translator robert bly offers nothing less than a new vision of what it is to be a man. Drawing upon jungian psychology, myth, legend, folklore, and fairy tales, the book demonstrates blys masculinist convictions. A book about men 1990, a response to the womens movement, bly has been immensely popular, appearing on talk shows and advising men to retrieve their primitive masculinity through wildness.
Finding rich meaning in ancient stories and legends, bly uses. Robert bly born december 23, 1926 is an american poet, author, activist and leader of the mythopoetic mens movement, most famous for his iron john. A little book on the human shadow robert bly ebook. A book about men, edition 3 ebook written by robert bly. In this section, you will find poetry and prose publications by robert bly, as well as a few books about robert bly. He addresses the devastating effects of remote fathers and mourns the. Blys vision is based on his ongoing work with men, as well as on reflections on his. In iron john, robert bly presented a moderately interesting idea in a very unsatisfying way. A book about men 1990, which spent 62 weeks on the the new york times best seller list. His resulting book about this ageold story helped establish the mens movement, and his seminars inspired its drumbeating, tree. I think the most vital part of the book is the iron john story that is in the back of the book.
In addition to being one of our finest poets, robert bly has, over the last 10 years, inspired through talks, workshops. Over time bleje became blye in illinois, soon wearing away to bly, becommg indistinguishable from the english irish nominative form, as in captain bly. Poet robert blys daughter talks about his memory loss. Aug 20, 2016 robert bly iron john story men and the wound alaska systems. Women read iron john openly, hoping to glean some insider information while men read the book furtivelyat least at first.
A book about men is a book by american poet robert bly published in 1990 by addisonwesley, and is his bestknown work. Robert bly, in full robert elwood bly, born december 23, 1926, madison, minnesota, u. Robert bly iron john story men and the wound alaska systems. Bly s vision is based on his ongoing work with men and reflections on his own life. Iron john is a book that i recommend as a counselor for both men, and woman read. Nov 10, 2015 the 25th anniversary edition of the groundbreaking new york times bestseller, with a new afterword by the authorwhich offers a new vision of what it is to be a manin this timeless and deeply learned classic, poet and translator robert bly offers nothing less than a new vision of what it means to be a man. Robert bly and the poetics of immanence, in contemporary literature, vol. The original version of airmail was a bestseller in sweden in 2001, after which robert bly commissioned thomas r. Iron john a book about men by robert bly addisonwesley. En 1990 publico iron john editado en espanol por gaia ediciones. The book uses a fairy tale from the brothers grimm to outline the parts of what bly believes make a whole and wholesome man. By the mid1990s, one could observe men dressed in tatters of leather, middleaged bellies flapping in. Robert blys long epilogue with alzheimers disease the. His resulting book about this ageold story helped establish the mens movement, and.
Iron john was first published in 1990 and was a bestseller, a cultural phenomena. Aug 02, 2001 iron john searches for a new vision of what a man is or could be, drawing on psychology, anthropology, mythology, folklore and legend. Nov 10, 2015 robert bly is a poet, author, translator, activist, and leader of the mythopoetic mens movement. Bly robert iron john religions, spiritualite religions. Women read iron john openly, hoping to glean some insider information while men read the book furtivelyat least at f. Iron john the pillow and the key 4 he doesnt have to be top all the time in sex anymore, he becomes empathetic its a new, humming, surprising world. Poet robert bly has for a number of years now worn another hat.
Robert bly biography, birth date, birth place and pictures. The michigan daily archives undoubtedly has the article i wrote in the huge, yellowed volumes in its dusty library if the library or the volumes or the dust are still there. Poetry translations prose essays and interviews anthologies and edited books books about robert bly. Young men need initiation into adulthood, to be welcomed among the fathers of the world, or they rage and sulk alone through life. Bly, roberts father, was born in illinois, probably in 1901 but no later than 1905.
Robert bly is a poet and the founder of a mans movement. I dont have a strong opinion one way or another about the seven aspects of manhood he presentsi cant confirm or deny them. Bly had been giving talks on mythology to supplement his income, and found that the brothers grimm tale iron john hit a nerve with men. Revised and expanded, and the words you should know to sound smart. Guild press became the leading publisher of minority authors in minnesota in. The grimms fairy tale and classic childrens story read out loud duration. Robert bly looks at the importance of the wild man reminiscent of the wild woman in women who run with the wolves, who he compares to a zen priest, a shaman or a woodman. Iron john searches for a new vision of what a man is or could be, drawing on psychology, anthropology, mythology, folklore and legend. Apr 20, 2020 robert bly, american poet, translator, editor, and author, perhaps best known as the author of iron john. In the story, an ancient hairy man iron john becomes mentor to a young boy, and each event or adventure is regarded as a stage in male growth. It says that where a mans wound is, that is where his genius will be.
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