Sleepers Joining Hands (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Bly
- First Published: 1973
- Type of Work: Poem
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Psychology or psychologists, Autobiography, Personality, Identity, Consciousness
“Sleepers Joining Hands,” the title poem of Bly's 1973 collection, marks a departure from the type of poetry for which Bly had been known previously. His antiwar poetry, remarkable for his energetic, manipulative handling of the language of politics and political thought, had served as a training ground for the more mature, more personal poetry that distinguished this volume. Here language is used to uncover the truth of the psyche on a personal level. The use of Jungian psychology becomes more than a mere feature of the poetry; it becomes a central impetus—a tool for digging...
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