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The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World

How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World

by Lewis Hyde, Margaret Atwood

1979·482 pages
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9780099273226

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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.

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