The Gift by Lewis Hyde

The Gift by Lewis Hyde

"If you want to write, paint, sing, compose, act, or make films, read The Gift." --from the Introduction by Margaret Atwood

A modern classic cherished by many of the greatest artists of our time and a brilliant, life-changing defense of the value of creative labor.

Drawing on examples from folklore and literature, history and tribal customs, economics and modern copyright law, Lewis Hyde demonstrates how our society--governed by the marketplace--is poorly equipped to determine the worth of artists' work. He shows us that another way is possible: the alternative economy of the gift, which allows creations and ideas to circulate freely, rather than hoarding them as commodities.

Illuminating and transformative, The Gift is a triumph of originality and insight--an essential book for anyone who has ever given or received a work of art.

The Gift: Imagination and the Sexual Life of Property, This Error Is the Sign of Love, and Trickster Creates This World: Mischief, Myth, and Art (FSG, 1998) are among Lewis Hyde's works. Hyde, a MacArthur Fellow and former director of Harvard University's undergraduate creative writing program, lectures at Kenyon College during the fall semesters. Thomas is a professor of creative writing at the University of Texas at Austin. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for the rest of the year, where he works as a faculty associate at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society.

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ISBN 13	9781984897787
ISBN 10	1984897780
Title	The Gift
Author	Lewis Hyde
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage
Year published	2019-09-24
Number of pages	480
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.