IRON JOHN. - Hardcover
WHEN BILL MOYERS' PBS SPECIAL ON ROBERT BLY, "A GATHERING OF MEN," AIRED IN THE WINTER OF 1990, IT BROUGHT FORTH AN UNPRECEDENTED FLOOD OF CALLS AND LETTERS FROM BOTH MEN AND WOMEN ATTETSTING TO THE PAIN AND CONFUSION EXPERIENCED BY MANY CONTEMPORARY MEN. IRON JOHN IS ROBERT BLY'S LONG-AWAITED BOOK ON MAKLE INITIATION AND THE ROLE OF THE MENTOR, THE RESULT OF TEN YEARS' WORK WITH MEN TO DISCOVER THE TRUTHS ABOUT MASCULINITY THAT GET BEYOND THE STEREOTYPES OF OUR POPULAR CULTURE. IN THE TRADITION OF BLAKE, YEARS, AND D.H. LAWRENCE, BLY HAS TURNED TO THE MOST ANICENT STORIES AND LEGENDS TO REMIND MEN AND WOMEN OF WELCOME IMAGES LONG FORGOTTEN, IMAGES OF A VIGOROUS MASCULINITY BOTH PROTECTIVE AND EMOTIONALLY CENTERED./SUPERB BOOK!/A MUST READ!
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- PublisherAddison-Wesley
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 184333349X
- ISBN 13 9781843333494
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages271
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