The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property

356 Pages·1999·40.03 MB·English

by  Lewis Hyde

Lewis Hyde
GIFT
\GINATION AND THE EROTIC LIFE OF PROPERTY
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'A masterpiece...The Gift is the best book know of for
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The Gift
A MacArthur Fellow, Lewis Hyde is currently Luce
ProfessorofArtandPoliticsatKenyonCollegeandlives
inGambier,Ohio,andCambridge,Massachusettsandis
theauthorof,mostrecently,TricksterMakesthis World:
Mischief,MythandArt.
ALSO BY LEWIS HYDE
TricksterMakes This World:Mischief, MythandArt
Lewis Hyde
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