Iron John: A Book About Men

Author: Robert Bly

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  • : 24.95 NZD
  • : 9781862046009
  • : HarperCollins Publishers
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  • : May 1999
  • : 198mm X 128mm
  • : United Kingdom
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Barcode 9781862046009
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Description

This text explores, reveals and challenges the male psyche. Using the classic Grimm brothers' tales of "Iron John" it casts a backwards look to a time when a model of masculinity was neither Rambo or wimp, but is more in the mould of Odysseus.

Table of contents

The pillow and the key; when one hair turns gold; the road of ashes, descent and grief; the hunger for the king in a time with no father; the meeting with the god-woman in the garden; to bring the interior warriors back to life; riding the red, the white and the black horse; the wound by the king's men; the wild man in ancient religion; literature and folk life.