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The Gift

  • Lewis Hyde,
  • Lewis Hyde

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Starting with the premise that the work of art is a gift and not a commodity, this revolutionary book ranges across anthropology, literature, economics, and psychology to show how the 'commerce of the creative spirit' functions in the lives of artists and in culture as a whole.

Genres

  • Gifts
  • Economic anthropology
  • Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
  • Art and society
  • Nonfiction
  • Sociology
  • Literary Criticism
  • Art et société
  • Begaafdheid
  • Anthropologie économique
  • Creativiteit
  • Création (Arts)
  • Donations
  • Cadeaux
  • Long Now Manual for Civilization
  • Anthropology
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About the authors

  • Lewis Hyde

    born 1945

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    3 ratings · 13 works

  • Lewis Hyde

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Editions

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    Canongate Books

    2013

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    Vintage

    1999

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    25 Anv edition

    Vintage

    December 4, 2007

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    Canongate Books Ltd

    November 2, 2006

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New Ed edition

Canongate Books Ltd

September 6, 2007

  • Edition cover

    1st Vintage Books ed.

    Vintage Books

    1983

  • Edition cover

    Vintage

    February 12, 1983

  • Edition cover

    Random House

    1983

  • Edition cover

    Reissue edition

    Trafalgar Square

    March 4, 1999

  • Edition cover

    Trafalgar Square

    March 4, 1999

  • Edition cover

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

    2019

  • Edition cover

    Canongate Books

    2009

  • Edition cover

    25th anniversary ed. 2nd Vintage Books ed.

    Vintage Books

    2007

  • Edition cover

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

    2009

  • Edition cover

    Random House

    1983