The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World

The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World

Lewis Hyde

Language: English

Publisher: Random House, Inc.

Published: Dec 4, 2007

Description:

SUMMARY: By now a modern classic, The Gift is a brilliantly orchestrated defense of the value of creativity and of its importance in a culture increasingly governed by money and overrun with commodities. Widely available again after twenty-five years, this book is even more necessary today than when it first appeared. An illuminating and transformative book, and completely original in its view of the world, The Gift is cherished by artists, writers, musicians, and thinkers. It is in itself a gift to all who discover the classic wisdom found in its pages.