The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World
- ISBN-10
- 0307279502
- ISBN-13
- 9780307279507
- Series
- The Gift
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 435
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Lewis Hyde
Description
Examines the concept of gifts in anthropological terms and uses this approach to analyze the situation of creative artists and their gifts to society.
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