The Gift
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The Gift by Lewis Hyde
A manifesto of sorts for anyone who makes art and] cares for it. --Zadie Smith>
The best book I know of for talented but unacknowledged creators. . . . A masterpiece. --Margaret Atwood>No one who is invested in any kind of art . . . can read>The Gift and remain unchanged. --David Foster Wallace>By now a modern classic, The Gift is a brilliantly orchestrated defense of the value of creativity and of its importance in a culture increasingly governed by money and overrun with commodities. This book is even more necessary today than when it first appeared. An illuminating and transformative book, and completely original in its view of the world, The Gift is cherished by artists, writers, musicians, and thinkers. It is in itself a gift to all who discover the classic wisdom found in its pages.
A manifesto of sorts for anyone who makes art and] cares for it. --Zadie Smith>
The best book I know of for talented but unacknowledged creators. . . . A masterpiece. --Margaret Atwood>No one who is invested in any kind of art . . . can read>The Gift and remain unchanged. --David Foster Wallace>By now a modern classic, The Gift is a brilliantly orchestrated defense of the value of creativity and of its importance in a culture increasingly governed by money and overrun with commodities. This book is even more necessary today than when it first appeared. An illuminating and transformative book, and completely original in its view of the world, The Gift is cherished by artists, writers, musicians, and thinkers. It is in itself a gift to all who discover the classic wisdom found in its pages.
Lewis Hyde is a celebrated poet, translator, essayist, and cultural critic. Hyde has been the recipient of a MacArthur fellowship, a Guggenheim fellowship, and a Lannan Literary fellowship. Hyde is a former professor of creative writing and American literature at Kenyon College, and former director of undergraduate writing at Harvard University. In previous works like The Gift (1983), Trickster Makes This World (1998), and Common as Air (2010), Hyde explores the role of art in cultural imagination, defending the non-commerciality of artistic practice and exploring the ways ideas from the past inform the present. Hyde's most recent book, A Primer for Forgetting (2019), investigates when forgetfulness might be more useful than memory. Hyde is a trustee of the MacDowell Colony and a founding director of the Creative Capital Foundation. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with his wife, the writer Patricia Vigderman.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780307279507 |
| ISBN 10 | 0307279502 |
| Title | The Gift |
| Author | Lewis Hyde |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2007-12-04 |
| Number of pages | 435 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |