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(0)Lewis Hyde
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x, 417 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
An exploration of the playful and disruptive side of the human imagination as embodied in trickster mythology examines the stories of Coyote, Eshu, Hermes, and other trickster figures, comparing them with the life and work of modern creators such as Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, John Cage, Allen Ginsberg, Maxine Hong Kingston, Frederick Douglass, and others.
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306 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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In this lively, carefully argued, and well-documented book, Hyde brings the past to bear on present matters, shedding fresh light on everything from the Human Genome Project to Bob Dylan's musical root, revealing a vision of how to reclaim the commonwealth of art and ideas that we were meant to inherit.
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372 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"We live in a culture that prizes memory -- how much we can store, the quality of what's preserved, how we might better document and retain the moments of our life while fighting off the nightmare of losing all that we have experienced. But what if forgetfulness were seen not as something to fear -- be it in the form of illness or simple absentmindedness -- but rather as a blessing, a balm, a path to peace and rebirth? Lewis Hyde's A Primer for Forgetting...
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Physical Desc
lvi, 390 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Contains thirteen essays on nature and politics by Henry David Thoreau, including "Wild Apples," "Civil Disobedience," and "Slavery in Massachusetts," presented in the order they were written, and includes explanatory notes and a bibliography.