Karen Brownová píše pronikavé a znepokojivé povídky, které se noří do temných zákoutí lidské psychiky. Její styl je přesný a evokativní, mistrně zachycuje složitost mezilidských vztahů a důsledky zdánlivě drobných životních zvratů. Brownová zkoumá témata viny, touhy a hledání smyslu ve světě poznamenaném ztrátou a zklamáním. Její díla jsou ceněna pro svou literární hloubku a schopnost vyvolat silné emoce u čtenářů.
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Focusing on W.B. Yeats's ideal of mutual support between the arts, Karen Brown sheds new light on how collaborations and differences between members of the Yeats family circle contributed to the metamorphosis of the Irish Cultural Revival into Irish Modernism. Making use of primary materials and fresh archival evidence, Brown delves into a variety of media including embroidery, print, illustration, theatre, costume design, poetry, and painting. Tracing the artistic relationships and outcome of W.B. Yeats's vision through five case studies, Brown explores the poet's early engagement with artistic tradition, contributions to the Dun Emer and Cuala Industries, collaboration between W.B. Yeats and Norah McGuinness, analysis of Thomas MacGreevy's pictorial poetry, and a study of literary influence and debt between Jack Yeats and Samuel Beckett. Having undertaken extensive archival research relating to word and image studies, Brown considers her findings in historical context, with particular emphasis on questions of art and gender and art and national identity. Interdisciplinary, this volume is one of the first full-length studies of the fraternite des arts surrounding W.B. Yeats. It represents an important contribution to word and image studies and to debates surrounding Irish Cultural Revival and the formation of Irish Modernism.
This volume examines the tax systems of around twenty countries to assess how their tax laws support growth and development in lower-income and poor nations. Given the pressing economic development needs of these countries and the importance of stability for global security, the role of tax laws in fostering investment in the developing world is crucial. The book investigates whether international standards that promote core values of major tax systems accommodate incentives for developing nations. It also analyzes how the adoption of protective principles by higher-income countries negatively impacts the revenue-generating capacity of developing nations. After an introduction that synthesizes global trends, the book features individual chapters for various countries, detailing the goals and values of each tax system and how the decision to implement (or not implement) incentives aligns with those objectives. Countries covered include Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Maldives, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Uganda, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Venezuela. This volume reflects the contributions of the General Reporter and National Reporters from the Taxation and Development session at the 19th Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law in July 2014, Vienna.
