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Overview“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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lewis HydePublisher: Random House USA Inc Imprint: Vintage Books Dimensions: Width: 13.10cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 20.20cm Weight: 0.329kg ISBN: 9781984897787ISBN 10: 1984897780 Pages: 480 Publication Date: 24 September 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsThe 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 Few books are such life-changers as The Gift epiphany, in sculpted prose. --Jonathan Lethem A manifesto of sorts for anyone who makes art [and] cares for it. --Zadie Smith This long-awaited new edition of Lewis Hyde's groundbreaking and influential study of creativity is a cause for across-the-board celebration. --Geoff Dyer Author InformationLEWIS HYDE is a poet, essayist, translator, and cultural critic with a particular interest in the public life of the imagination. In addition to The Gift, he is the author of Trickster Makes This World; Common as Air; A Primer on Forgetting; and a book of poems, This Error is the Sign of Love. He has also published two volumes of translations of Nobel laureate Vicente Aleixandre’s poetry and is the editor of On the Poetry of Allen Ginsberg and The Essays of Henry D. Thoreau. A MacArthur Fellow and former director of creative writing at Harvard University, Hyde was the Richard L. Thomas Professor in Creative Writing at Kenyon College until his retirement in 2018. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with his wife, the writer Patricia Vigderman. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |