{"product_id":"9780712610704-iron-john","title":"Iron John","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is clear to men, Robert Bly writes, that the images of adult manhood given by popular culture are worn out. Drawing on psychology, anthropology, mythology, folklore and legend, \"Iron John\" searches for a new vision of what a man is or could be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert 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. \u003ci\u003eIron John\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eWomen Who Run With the Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e), who he compares to a Zen priest, a shaman or a woodman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Eclectic and unclassifiable. \u003ci\u003eIron John\u003c\/i\u003e is a work whose mentors are the prophetic poets and crazies, William Blake and Walt Whitman' \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Important.timely.and powerful' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30347570184289,"sku":"9780712610704","price":12.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32164448.jpg?v=1737018091","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780712610704-iron-john","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}