Lewis Hyde

The Gift

Study of gift-giving as cultural practice and foundation of civilization

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Lewis Hyde
Lewis Hyde

American poet and cultural critic whose The Gift is the most original examination of the economics of art and creativity. It argues that works of art are gifts, not commodities, and that the market economy threatens the conditions of artistic creation. Trickster Makes This World examines the trickster figure in world mythology and art.

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