The gift: creativity and the artist in the modern world
โ Scribed by Lewis Hyde
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 354 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York
- ISBN
- 0307567605
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Discusses the argument that a work of art is essentially a gift and not a commodity. From the Trade Paperback edition.
โฆ Subjects
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
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