The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property
Lewis Hyde explores the concept of the gift and giving and applies it to the arts, in particular to poetry. It combines anthropology, history, economics, business, creativity, the arts and much more.
It was recommended and quoted from by Amanda Palmer in her plenary speech at the 2016 International Fundraising Congress in Holland:
Reviews
“Tiger balm for tired minds” (Sunday Times)
“Persuasive and fascinatingly illustrated, The Gift profits immensely from the modesty and unpretentiousness of Hyde’s writing and the fascinated good nature with which he expounds his propositions” (Independent on Sunday)
“Brilliant – by the time he is done he has folded language, culture and the very habit of being human into his ken” (New Yorker)
