May 5, 2009: Robert Bly's Iron John

Introductory Film Clip: Into the Woods, Princes I

Lecture: Bly’s Iron John + Myth of the Wild Man

• Robert Bly’s Iron John: A Book About Men (1990):
• Bly’s Thesis:
• 2 options of American Malehood have failed:
• 1)“Fifties Male”
• 2) “Soft Male”
• 3) “Iron John”

Bly’s Iron John & the Grimms’ Fairy Tale Iron Hans:

In-Class Writing Assignment: What was your response to Jack Zipes's article on Bly's Iron John?

Zipes, “Spreading Myths”

Stages of this “initiatory universal myth”

Bly’s “Wild Man”: