The Maiden King: The Reunion of Masculine and Feminine

by Bly, Robert; Woodman, Marion

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co, 1998 Like-new copy. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $25.00. Stated First Edition. 264 pages. NO writing, marks or tears. Tight spine, bright pages. From Robert Bly, author of the groundbreaking bestseller Iron John, and famed Jungian analyst Marion Woodman comes an interpretation of a primordial folktale that takes the message behind Iron John to its next phase: the reunion of masculine and feminine. Bly and Woodman interpret the archetypal symbols embedded in an ancient Russian story, The Maiden King, a tale woven of an absent father, a possessive stepmother, a false tutor, and a young man over-whelmed by a beautiful maiden. When the young man's weak response to the maiden ss her retreating in anger, he must go on a quest for self-discovery that leads to Baba Yaga, the fierce yet empowering old woman of Russian folk tradition. The male tency toward impotence in the face of feminine magnificence, the female fear of power and 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 lyricism. The true heir to Iron John, The Maiden King may be the intellectual answer to Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. New York Times Book Review - Karen Lehrman Bly is connecting here with a wonderful new line of questions. . .[stripping] away culturally constructed notions of gender to see what exactly is at the root of femaleness and maleness. These ideas need a larger audience that people who worry about gods and goddeses. Biography Robert Bly, storyteller, translator, and winner of the National Book Award for Poetry, is the author of the phenomenal Iron John: A Book About Men. He lives in Minneapolis. Marion Woodman, a well-known Jungian analyst, is the author of numerous books, including Addiction to Perfection. She lives in Canada.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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The authors analyze a Russian folk tale, using Jungian and comparative methods to draw out what they consider its archetypal--and instructive--elements. For them, the tale is the story of the masculine coming to terms with the feminine and transcendent.

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