Robert Bly Knihy

Autoři společnými silami, třebaže každý zvlášť, rozluštili v metafoře zakódované tajemství našich vnitřních světů. Předestírají před námi pohádku jako návod k nalezení ztracené rovnováhy mezi ženským a mužským elementem našeho já. Ruští bohatýři a zlé baby jagy jako tajemné pochody našeho podvědomí? Došli jsme v naší západní kultuře k bodu, kdy ženy už tolik nemilují muže? Proč by mělo být jedno pohlaví obdařeno větším dílem lásky než druhé? Oba autoři se snaží nahlédnout pod povrch věcí.

Za osu knihy si americký básník vybral pohádku bratří Grimmů Železný Jan a toto téměř mytologické vyprávění mu slouží jako podpůrná konstrukce pro jeho úvahy o jednotlivých fázích života, o zkouškách a prozřeních, kterými by měl procházet každý opravdový muž, chce-li být nejen navenek, ale i vnitřně šťasten, a snaží se v ní vykreslit archetyp muže, vystopovat ty rysy, které má dnešní muž společné s mužem, jenž žil na zemi už dávno před Kristem, stejně jako ty, o které s postupující civilizací přišel. Kniha měla obrovský ohlas v USA i v zahraničí a je dnes, jen pouhých osm let po svém vydání, klasickým dílem o mužské identitě, v němž hledají inspiraci jak muži, tak i ženy.

Robert Bly, americký básník, esejista a autor „Železného Jana“ v této útlé knížce shromáždil svá čtení z let 1971 a 1983 věnovaná jungovskému konceptu stínu, která doplňuje rozhovor s Boothem a esej o poezii Wallace Stevense. Společným motivem všech pěti kapitol je právě stín, o němž Bly mluví jako o „dlouhém pytli, který vlečeme za sebou“. Nezkoumá ho jazykem analytické psychologie, nýbrž jazykem básnickým, a pomocí barvitých obrazů a příběhů ukazuje, co dělat, abychom získali zpátky energii, kterou jsme do tohoto pytle odložili a zabránili tak i jejímu zneužívání. „To, co básnická čtení Roberta Blye ve skutečnosti říkají, je: ‚Musíte změnit svůj život.‘ Slyšet tak závažné básně a odolat veškeré změně je horší věc než ztráta času; je to nebezpečné.“ Takto Knížku o lidském stínu uvádí její editor William Booth.

The anthology features 150 poems from diverse cultures and eras, exploring the concept of a larger-than-human consciousness. It includes works from renowned poets like Rumi, Kenneth Rexroth, and Mary Oliver, alongside translations of Neruda and Rilke. Bly's insightful essays discuss the evolving relationship between humanity and nature, shifting from domination to a deeper sympathy, influenced by Romantic and American poets such as Whitman and Dickinson. The collection also highlights non-Western voices, enriching the dialogue on our connection to the natural world.

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Robert Bly is celebrated as a significant literary figure from the latter half of the 20th century, known for his impactful contributions to poetry and prose. His work often explores themes of masculinity, nature, and the human experience, reflecting a deep engagement with both personal and cultural narratives. Bly's influence extends beyond literature, as he has played a pivotal role in the men's movement, encouraging emotional expression and self-discovery among men. Through his writings, he continues to inspire readers and writers alike.

"[The editors'] collaboration resulted in a book with a remarkable group of poets across the ages, from Emily Dickinson to Charles Bukowski, from Catullus to Bob Dylan. . . . These are poems focusing on concerns of the heart—fathers and sons, love and hurt, peace and war, anger, denial and zaniness." —  Seattle Post Robert Bly, James Hillman, and Michael Meade challenge the assumptions of our poetry–deprived society in this powerful collection of more than 400 deeply moving poems from renowned artists including Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, Theodore Roethke, Rainer Maria Rilke, Marianne Moore, Thomas Wolfe, Czeslaw Milosz, Henry David Thoreau, Pablo Neruda, and Nikki Giovanni.

Originally published in 1976, with more than 75,000 copies in print, this collection of poems by fifteenth-century ecstatic poet Kabir is full of fun and full of thought. Columbia University professor of religion John Stratton Hawley has contributed an introduction that makes clear Kabir's immense importance to the contemporary reader and praises Bly's intuitive translations.By making every reader consider anew their religious thinking, the poems of Kabir seem as relevant today as when they were first written.

The author of Iron John, together with an eminent psychotherapist, reunite the Masculine and the Feminine. Robert Bly and Marion Woodman interpret the deep psychological insights imbedded in ancient stories, in this instance a Russian folktale about bringing feminine energy back into the world. The Maiden King tells of an absent father, a possessive stepmother, a false tutor, and a young man overwhelmed by a beautiful maiden and her thirty sisters, sailing toward him on thirty boats. His weak response ss her retreating in anger, and to find her once again he must go on a quest that leads to Baba Yaga, the fierce old woman of Russian folk tradition who represents not life in service of death, but death in service of life. The male tency to go to sleep in the face of feminine magnificence, female fear of power and of abandonment that leads to rage, the need to get beyond oppositional thinking en route to the Divine--these are issues the book addresses with wisdom and lyrical beauty. The true heir to Iron John, Bly's number-one national best-seller about men, The Maiden King speaks eloquently to readers of Clarissa Pinkola Estes, James Hillman, and Deborah Tannen.

"Few major achievements of world literature are as little known to Americans as the great ecstatic poetry of the Hindus and Sufis, as exemplified by the work of the 15th century master, Kabir. Irreverent while being intensely religious, Kabir seems incredibly playful in his taunting of the sacred dogmas of his time--to readers accustomed to the solemnity and ideological fidelity of most Western religious poems. Kabir has been translated into English only once before, by Rabindranath Tagore and Evelyn Underhill. Unfortunately, Tagore's Victorian English was simply not equal to Kabir's directness, spontaneity, and irreverent humor. Working from the Tagore-Underhill translation, Bly has done much more than retranslate into American diction. A noted poet himself, he has breathed new life into the work of a fascinating poet"--From back cover.