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3671324Iron Johnhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/iron-john-9781448176281/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2456646/2ab7bb91-90e8-461e-996c-b1dad86d39f3.jpg?v=638384000632870000316385MXNEbury PublishingInStock/Ebooks/<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. <em>Iron John</em> 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 <em>Women Who Run With the Wolves</em>), 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 <em>Guardian</em></p><p>Eclectic and unclassifiable. <em>Iron John</em> is a work whose mentors are the prophetic poets and crazies, William Blake and Walt Whitman <em>Sydney Morning Herald</em></p><p>Important.timely.and powerful <em>New York Times</em></p>...3607183Iron John316385https://www.gandhi.com.mx/iron-john-9781448176281/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2456646/2ab7bb91-90e8-461e-996c-b1dad86d39f3.jpg?v=638384000632870000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20139781448176281_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_<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. <em>Iron John</em> 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 <em>Women Who Run With the Wolves</em>), 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 <em>Guardian</em></p><p>Eclectic and unclassifiable. <em>Iron John</em> is a work whose mentors are the prophetic poets and crazies, William Blake and Walt Whitman <em>Sydney Morning Herald</em></p><p>Important.timely.and powerful <em>New York Times</em></p>...9781448176281_Ebury Publishinglibro_electonico_f7f9b256-d9b1-4273-bbac-9a4372ae59f9_9781448176281;9781448176281_9781448176281Robert BlyInglésMéxico2013-03-31T00:00:00+00:00Ebury Publishing