More than true
Subtitle: the wisdom of fairy tales
By: Robert Bly
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9781250158192
Subjects: Truth in literature; Fairy tales; Conduct of life in literature; Wisdom in literature; Tales; History and criticism; Psychological aspects
Other titles: Wisdom of fairy tales
Description: "Few forms of storytelling have greater power to captivate the human mind than fairy tales, but where do these tales originate from, and what do they mean? Celebrated poet and bestselling author Robert Bly has been asking these questions throughout his career. Here Bly looks at six tales that have stood the test of time and have captivated the poet for decades, from "The Six Swans" to "The Frog Prince." Drawing on his own creative genius, and the work of a range of thinkers from Kirkegaard and Yeats to Freud and Jung, Bly turns these stories over in his mind to bring new meaning and illumination to these timeless tales. Along with illustrations of each story, the book features some of Bly's unpublished poetry, which peppers his lyric prose and offers a look inside the mind of an American master of letters in the twilight of his singular career"--
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Six stories: The six swans; title: The frog prince; title: The lindworm; title: The dark man; title: One-two man; title: The white bear Valemon.