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The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World

Paperback • 2007 • English

The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World

By Lewis Hyde

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About the book

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. Widely available again after twenty-five years, 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 ...Show more

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ISBN

9780307279507

Publisher

Vintage Books USA

Published year

2007

Language

English

Original title

The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World

Format

Paperback

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