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Why do writers so often write about writers? This book offers the
first comprehensive account of the phenomenon of the fictional
novelist as a character in literature, arguing that our notions of
literary genius – and what it means to be an author – are
implicitly shaped by and explicitly questioned in novels about
novelists, a genre that has been critically underexamined.
Employing both close and distant reading techniques to analyse a
large corpus of author-stories, The Novelist in the Novel explores
the forms and functions of author-stories and the characters within
them, offering a new theory that frames these works as textual
sites at which questions of literary value and the cultural
conceptions around authorship are constantly being negotiated and
revised in a form of covert criticism, aimed directly at readers.
While nineteenth century novels about novelists reveal a pervasive
frustration with the market – a starving artist vs. commercial
sell-out dichotomy – modernist examples of the genre focus on the
development of the individual author-as-artist, entirely aloof from
the marketplace and from the literary sphere at large. Yet each of
these dynamics is gendered, with women denigrated to commercial
producers and men elevated to artists, and while the canon has
largely supported the male view of authorship, a closer look at the
work of women writers from this period reveals concerted attempts
to counteract it. ‘Silly Lady Novelists’ are pitted against
serious male modernists in a battle to define what it means to be a
literary genius.
This volume tells the singular story of an uncanny object at the
cusp of art and science: a 450-year-old automaton known as “the
monk.” The walking, gesticulating figure of a friar, in the
collection of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of
American History, is among the earliest extant ancestors of the
self-propelled robot. According to lore from the court of Philip II
of Spain, the monk represents a portrait of Diego de Alcalá, a
humble Franciscan lay brother whose holy corpse was said to be
agent to the miraculous cure of Spain’s crown prince as he lay
dying in 1562. In tracking the origins of the monk and its legend,
the authors visited archives, libraries, and museums across the
United States and Europe, probing the paradox of a mechanical
object performing an apparently spiritual act. They identified
seven kindred automata from the same period, which, they argue,
form a paradigmatic class of walking “prime movers,”
unprecedented in their combination of visual and functional
realism. While most of the literature on automata focuses on the
Enlightenment, this enthralling narrative journeys back to the late
Renaissance, when clockwork machinery was entirely new, foretelling
the evolution of artificial life to come.
Readers, literary critics, and theorists alike have long
demonstrated an abiding fascination with the author, both as a real
person—an artist and creator—and as a theoretical concept that
shapes the way we read literary works. Whether anonymous,
pseudonymous, or trending on social media, authors continue to be
an object of critical and readerly interest. Yet theories
surrounding authorship have yet to be satisfactorily updated to
register the changes wrought on the literary sphere by the advent
of the digital age, the recent turn to autofiction, and the current
literary climate more generally. In Reading the Contemporary Author
the contributors look back on the long history of theorizing the
author and offer innovative new approaches for understanding this
elusive figure. Mapping the contours of the vast territory that is
contemporary authorship, this collection investigates authorship in
the context of narrative genres ranging from memoir and
autobiographically informed texts to biofiction and novels
featuring novelist narrators and characters. Bringing together the
perspectives of leading scholars in narratology, cultural theory,
literary criticism, stylistics, comparative literature, and
autobiography studies, Reading the Contemporary Author demonstrates
that a variety of interdisciplinary viewpoints and critical stances
are necessary to capture the multifaceted nature of contemporary
authorship.
National tax authorities individually determine multinational ?rms'
country-speci?c tax liabilities by applying one or more sanctioned
transfer pricing methodologies. These methodologies are founded on
basic assumptions about market structure and ?rm behavior that are
rarely empirically valid. Moreover, for the most part, the transfer
pricing methodologies now in vogue were developed before the
Internet became a dominant factor in the world economy, and hedge
and private equity funds transformed ?nancial and commodities
markets. For these reasons, multinational ?rms are unable to
accurately anticipate their tax liabilities in individual
countries, and remain at risk of double taxation. Uncertainties in
corporate tax liability are extremely costly, both for individual
corporations and from an economy-wide perspective. Firms pay
exorbitant fees to have tax attorneys, accountants and economists
prepare the documentation required by tax authorities to
substantiate their intercompany pricing practices and defend their
tax positions on audit. Corporate tax liabilities are also
potentially much higher than they would be under a more transparent
and predictable transfer pricing regime (due to the potential for
double taxation and penalties), and investors' returns are reduced
accordingly. The FASB's Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for
Uncertainty in Income Taxes (released on July 13, 2006), has
motivated multinational ?rms to increase their reserves
substantially (in many cases at the insistence of their au- tors),
reducing the total funds available for productive investment. 1 The
current transfer pricing regimes are embodied in the OECD
Guidelines, individual OECD member countries' interpretations
thereof, the U. S.
Transfer Pricing and Valuation in Corporate Taxation analyzes the
disparities between both federal statutes and regulations, and r-
ulations and administrative practice, in a highly controversial
area of corporate tax policy: intra-company transfer pricing for
tax p- poses. It addresses issues that often mean millions of
dollars to in- vidual corporations, and a significant fraction of
the federal gove- ment's revenue base. These disparities between
law, regulations, and administrative practice are concerning on a
number of grounds. First, they - pose considerable economic costs
by inducing corporations to engage in a variety of "rent-seeking"
activities designed to reduce their - pected tax liabilities, and
by requiring the IRS to devote still more to enforcement efforts
that are very often futile. Second, they are in- ; herently
undemocratic. Administrative practice is currently ad hoc by
relying on dispute resolution procedures that can and do yield very
different settlements on disputed tax issues from one case to
another, the IRS often ends up treating similarly situated cor-
rations very differently. Moreover, to the extent that the disp-
ity between statute and implementation reflects the IRS's failure
to carry out Congress' will, the laws passed by duly elected
officials are effectively being superseded by administrative
procedure, developed incrementally by individuals who are not
answerable to an electorate.
"More than an account of Kuna ecology, this book argues for a positive environmental policy. The authors urge the Kuna to consider the potential ecological hazards of pursuing certain business interests, and remind their readers of the reliable, though delicate, relationship that exists between human society and the natural world"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
This book is a practical guide for advocates interested in the
representation of victims before the International Criminal Court
(ICC). It has been developed by experts responsible for the
advocacy training of the International Criminal Court's List of
Counsel members. Written in a readily accessible style, this guide
provides a firm grounding in relevant legal doctrine, essential
advocacy techniques and valuable multidisciplinary perspectives.
Drawing upon global expertise from legal practitioners, specialist
advocacy trainers and multi-disciplinary writers, this book
addresses both practical considerations and key challenges faced by
ICC victim advocates. These include issues such as gender, child
victims, victims of sexual violence, special need victims and
victims who are themselves implicated in international crimes.
Through its practical focus on advocacy techniques, hypothetical
case studies, checklists, interviews from the field and lists of
further resources, this manual equips readers with the knowledge
and skills necessary to engage in sophisticated ICC victim
advocacy. This book will also appeal to those interested in the
workings of International Criminal Law and in victim advocacy and
victimology more broadly.
Transfer Pricing and Valuation in Corporate Taxation analyzes the
disparities between both federal statutes and regulations, and r-
ulations and administrative practice, in a highly controversial
area of corporate tax policy: intra-company transfer pricing for
tax p- poses. It addresses issues that often mean millions of
dollars to in- vidual corporations, and a significant fraction of
the federal gove- ment's revenue base. These disparities between
law, regulations, and administrative practice are concerning on a
number of grounds. First, they - pose considerable economic costs
by inducing corporations to engage in a variety of "rent-seeking"
activities designed to reduce their - pected tax liabilities, and
by requiring the IRS to devote still more to enforcement efforts
that are very often futile. Second, they are in- ; herently
undemocratic. Administrative practice is currently ad hoc by
relying on dispute resolution procedures that can and do yield very
different settlements on disputed tax issues from one case to
another, the IRS often ends up treating similarly situated cor-
rations very differently. Moreover, to the extent that the disp-
ity between statute and implementation reflects the IRS's failure
to carry out Congress' will, the laws passed by duly elected
officials are effectively being superseded by administrative
procedure, developed incrementally by individuals who are not
answerable to an electorate.
National tax authorities individually determine multinational ?rms'
country-speci?c tax liabilities by applying one or more sanctioned
transfer pricing methodologies. These methodologies are founded on
basic assumptions about market structure and ?rm behavior that are
rarely empirically valid. Moreover, for the most part, the transfer
pricing methodologies now in vogue were developed before the
Internet became a dominant factor in the world economy, and hedge
and private equity funds transformed ?nancial and commodities
markets. For these reasons, multinational ?rms are unable to
accurately anticipate their tax liabilities in individual
countries, and remain at risk of double taxation. Uncertainties in
corporate tax liability are extremely costly, both for individual
corporations and from an economy-wide perspective. Firms pay
exorbitant fees to have tax attorneys, accountants and economists
prepare the documentation required by tax authorities to
substantiate their intercompany pricing practices and defend their
tax positions on audit. Corporate tax liabilities are also
potentially much higher than they would be under a more transparent
and predictable transfer pricing regime (due to the potential for
double taxation and penalties), and investors' returns are reduced
accordingly. The FASB's Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for
Uncertainty in Income Taxes (released on July 13, 2006), has
motivated multinational ?rms to increase their reserves
substantially (in many cases at the insistence of their au- tors),
reducing the total funds available for productive investment. 1 The
current transfer pricing regimes are embodied in the OECD
Guidelines, individual OECD member countries' interpretations
thereof, the U. S.
Apples for Cheyenne is an engaging children's book about a girl
with autism who finds friendship through her time with Cheyenne, a
gentle horse. Follow Rachel and her friends as they go on a
horseback riding adventure. Children will delight in this
heartwarming tale while also learning about autism and other
disabilities.
When considering strategies to address violent conflict, scholars
and policymakers debate the wisdom of recognizing versus avoiding
reference to ethnic identities in government institutions. In
Diversity, Violence, and Recognition, Elisabeth King and Cyrus
Samii examine the reasons that governments choose to recognize
ethnic identities and the consequences of such choices for peace.
The authors introduce a theory on the merits and risks of
recognizing ethnic groups in state institutions, pointing to the
crucial role of ethnic demographics. Through a global quantitative
analysis and in-depth case studies of Burundi, Rwanda, and
Ethiopia, they find promise in recognition. Countries that adopt
recognition go on to experience less violence, more economic
vitality, and more democratic politics, but these effects depend on
which ethnic group is in power. King and Samii's findings are
important for scholars studying peace, democracy, and development,
and practically relevant to policymakers attempting to make these
concepts a reality.
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