The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World

What the summary covers

1. Introduction: Two economies of art1 min
2. 1. Some Food We Could Not Eat2 min
3. 2. The Bones of the Dead2 min
4. 3. The Labor of Gratitude1 min
5. 4. The Bond2 min
6. 5. The Gift Community2 min
7. 6. A Female Property2 min
8. 7. Usury: A History of Gift Exchange2 min
9. 8. The Commerce of the Creative Spirit2 min
10. 9. A Draft of Whitman3 min
11. 10. Ezra Pound and the Fate of Vegetable Money4 min
12. Conclusion: A workable boundary1 min
13. Afterword: On Being Good Ancestors2 min

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