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The gift : how the creative spirit transforms the world / Lewis Hyde ; with an introduction by Margaret Atwood.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Canons (Edinburgh, Scotland) ; 23.Publication details: Edinburgh : Canongate, 2012, c1983.Description: xxvii, 347 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780857868473
  • 0857868470
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Contents:
Introduction -- A Theory of Gifts -- Some Food We Could Not Eat -- The Bones of the Dead -- The Labor of Gratitude -- The Bond -- The Gift Community -- A Female Property -- Usury: A History of Gift Exchange -- Two Experiments in Gift Aesthetics -- The Commerce of the Creative Spirit -- A Draft of Whitman -- Ezra Pound and the Fate of Vegetable Money -- Conclusion -- On Being Good Ancestors.
Summary: "The Gift" argues for the importance of creativity in our increasingly money-driven society. Reaching deep into literature, anthropology and psychology for striking examples, the heart of Lewis Hyde's modern masterpiece is the simple and important idea that a 'gift' can inspire and change our lives, art and culture. Lewis Hyde has been championed by some of the greatest artists of our time. He addresses the questions we face every day in our public and private lives.
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Book Book CGLAS Library Blue 701 HYD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 10042

Originally published: United States and Canada : Random House, 1983.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- A Theory of Gifts -- Some Food We Could Not Eat -- The Bones of the Dead -- The Labor of Gratitude -- The Bond -- The Gift Community -- A Female Property -- Usury: A History of Gift Exchange -- Two Experiments in Gift Aesthetics -- The Commerce of the Creative Spirit -- A Draft of Whitman -- Ezra Pound and the Fate of Vegetable Money -- Conclusion -- On Being Good Ancestors.

"The Gift" argues for the importance of creativity in our increasingly money-driven society. Reaching deep into literature, anthropology and psychology for striking examples, the heart of Lewis Hyde's modern masterpiece is the simple and important idea that a 'gift' can inspire and change our lives, art and culture. Lewis Hyde has been championed by some of the greatest artists of our time. He addresses the questions we face every day in our public and private lives.