Das Leben des Pontormo ; Giorgio Vasari ;a cura di Katja Burzer

• Record Nr.: UNISALENTO991003965019707536
• Autore: Vasari, Giorgio
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlino : Verlag Klaus Wagenbach ; c2004
• ISBN: 380315023x
• Descrizione fisica: 136 p. : ill ; 19 cm
• Altri autori (Persone): Burzer, Katja
• Soggetti: Pontormo
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Include bibliografia

Narrative ethics / / Adam Zachary Newton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910974321003321
• Autore: Newton Adam Zachary
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1995
• ISBN: 9780674041462; 0674041461
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xi, 335 p
• Disciplina: 809.3/9353
• Soggetti: American fiction - History and criticism; Ethics in literature; English fiction - History and criticism; Rhetoric - Moral and ethical aspects; Fiction - Moral and ethical aspects; Narration (Rhetoric); Ethics, Modern
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-329) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Narrative as Ethics -- 2. Toward a Narrative Ethics -- 3. We Die in a Last Word: Conrad's Lord Jim and Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio -- 4. Lessons of (for) the Master: Short Fiction by Henry James -- 5. Creating the Uncreated Features of His Face: Monstration in Crane, Melville, and Wright -- 6. Telling Others: Secrecy and Recognition in Dickens, Barnes, and Ishiguro -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The ethics of literature, formalists have insisted, resides in the moral quality of a character, a story, perhaps the relation between author and reader. But in the wake of deconstruction and various forms of criticism focusing on difference, the ethical question has been freshly negotiated by literary studies, and to this approach Adam Newton brings a startling new thrust. His book makes a compelling case for understanding narrative as ethics. Assuming an intrinsic and necessary connection between the two, Newton explores the ethical consequences of telling stories and fictionalizing character, and the reciprocal claims binding teller, listener, witness, and reader in the process. He treats these relations as defining properties of prose fiction, of particular import in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts. Newton's fresh and nuanced readings cover a wide range of authors and periods, from Charles Dickens to Kazuo Ishiguro and Julian Barnes, from Herman Melville to Richard Wright, from Joseph Conrad and Henry James to Sherwood Anderson and Stephen Crane. An original work of theory as well as a deft critical performance, Narrative Ethics also stakes a claim for itself as moral inquiry. To that end, Newton braids together the ethical-philosophical projects of Emmanuel Levinas, Stanley Cavell, and Mikhail Bakhtin as a kind of chorus for his textual analyses--an elegant bridge between philosophy's ear and literary criticism's voice. His work will generate enormous interest among scholars and students of English and American literature, as well as specialists in narrative and literary theory, hermeneutics, and contemporary philosophy.Table of Contents: Acknowledgments Abbreviations Narrative as Ethics Toward a Narrative Ethics We Die in a Last Word: Conrad's Lord Jimand Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio Lessons of (for) the Master: Short Fiction by Henry James Creating the Uncreated Features of His Face: Monstration in Crane, Melville, and Wright Telling Others: Secrecy and Recognition in Dickens, Barnes, and Ishiguro Conclusion Notes Index Reviews of this book: Newton's book will become a pivotal text in our discussions of the ethical implications of reading. He has taken into account a great deal of prior work, and written with judgment and wisdom.--Daniel Schwartz, NarrativeReviews of this book: Newton offers elegant, provocative readings of texts ranging from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner to Winesburg, Ohio, The Remains of the Day, and Bleak House.Newton's book is a rich vein of critical ore that can be mined profitably.--ChoiceReading Narrative Ethics is a powerful experience, for it engages not just the intellect, but the emotions, and dare I say, the spirit. It stands apart from recent books on ethics in literature by virtue of its severe insistence o its allegiance to an alternative ethical tradition. This alternative way of thinking--and living--has its roots in the work of the Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas and finds support in the writings of Mikhail Bakhtin and Stanley Cavell.Stories, Newton asserts, are not ethical because of their morals or because of their normative logic. They are ethical because of the work they perform, in the social world, of binding teller, listener, witness, and reader to one another.This is a work of passion, integrity, ; commitment, and mission.--Jay Clayton, Vanderbilt UniversityNewton probes with admirable subtlety the key question: what do we gain--and what dangers do we run--when we fully enter the life of an 'other' through that 'other's' story? We have here a rare combination of deep and learned critical acumen with passionate love for literature and sensitivity to its nuances.--Wayne C. Booth, University of ChicagoAdam Zachary Newton writes with illuminating passion. Drawing on writers as diverse as Conrad and Henry James, Melville and Sherwood Anderson, Bakhtin and Levinas, he asks what it is to turn one's life into a story for another, and what it is to respond to, or avoid the claim of, another person's narration. He has written a wonderful, important book.--Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago

Issues in Extractive Resource Taxation : : A Review of Research Methods and Models / / James Smith

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910965271303321
• Autore: Smith James
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2012
• ISBN: 9781589062870; 1589062876; 9781475592474; 1475592477
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (27 p.)
• Collana: IMF Working Papers
• Disciplina: 332.152
• Soggetti: Mineral industries - Taxation; Industries - Taxation; Business Taxes and Subsidies; Commodities; Economic sectors; Efficiency; Energy: General; Exhaustible Resources and Economic Development; Extractive industries; Industry Studies: Primary Products and Construction: General; Investment & securities; Investments: Energy; Marginal effective tax rate; Mineral industries; Mining sector; Mining, Extraction, and Refining: Hydrocarbon Fuels; Mining, Extraction, and Refining: Other Nonrenewable Resources; Natural Resource Extraction; Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation: Government Policy; Oil; Oil, gas and mining taxes; Optimal Taxation; Petroleum industry and trade; Public finance & taxation; Tax administration and procedure; Tax policy; Taxation; Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General; Taxes; United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Literature Review; A. The Literature on Optimal Investment and Extraction; B. The Literature on Petroleum/Mineral Tax Policy; III. Conclusion; Table 1. Range of Permitted Behavioral Adaptations to Fiscal Stimuli: Model Comparisons; References
• Sommario/riassunto: This paper provides a conceptual overview of economists’ attempts to learn about the effects of taxes on extractive resources. The emphasis is on research methods and techniques, with no attempt to provide a comprehensive tabulation of previous empirical results or policy conclusions regarding preferred tax instruments or systems. We argue, in fact, that the nature of such conclusions largely depends on the researcher’s choice of modeling framework. Many alternative frameworks and approaches have been developed in the literature. Our goal is to describe the differences among them and to note their strengths and limitations.