Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino

Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino
Author: Samuel Butler
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2019-12-10
Genre: Travel
ISBN:
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"Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino" by Samuel Butler Though Samuel Butler was an English novelist and critic, he was also a well-versed traveler. In this book, he takes readers into Northern Italy and the Alps to visit the religious churches and sanctuaries located there. From Faido to Fusio, readers are taken on a journey through this frigid yet charming landscape to see why so many people chose there as their refuge.

Jerusalem in the Alps

Jerusalem in the Alps
Author: Geoffrey Symcox
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Christian communities
ISBN: 9782503580579
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The Sacro Monte (Holy Mountain) at Varallo is a sanctuary in the Italian Alps west of Milan. It was founded in the late fifteenth century by a Franciscan friar, with the support of the town's leading families. He designed it as a schematic replica of Jerusalem, to enable the faithful to make a virtual pilgrimage to the Holy City if they could not undertake the perilous journey to visit it physically. The Sacro Monte consists of a sequence of chapels containing tableaux of life-size painted terra-cotta figures with fresco backgrounds recounting the life and Passion of Christ. A century later, in the era of the Counter-Reformation, a 'second wave' of Sacri Monti was constructed in the north-western Alps, modelled on Varallo, but dedicated to other devotional themes, like the Rosary or the life of St Francis. All these sanctuaries, like Varallo, were the result of local initiatives, initiated by the clergy and the leaders of the communities where they were situated. Like Varallo, they were the work of artists and craftsmen from the alpine valleys, or from nearby Lombardy. Long dismissed as folk art unworthy of serious critical attention, the Sacri Monti are now recognised as monuments of unique artistic significance. In 2003 UNESCO listed nine of them in its register of World Heritage Sites. This book studies their development as the products of the religious sensibilities and the social, economic, and political conditions of the mountain communities that created them.

Samuel Butler, Victorian Against the Grain

Samuel Butler, Victorian Against the Grain
Author: James G. Paradis
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0802097456
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Samuel Butler, Victorian against the Grain is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that provides a critical overview of Butler's career, one which places his multifaceted body of work within the cultural framework of the Victorian age.

Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)

Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)
Author: Samuel Butler
Publisher: Delphi Classics
Total Pages: 6968
Release: 2015-04-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1910630861
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Samuel Butler was an iconoclastic author, whose Utopian novel ‘Erewhon’ satirised numerous aspects of Victorian society, influencing science-fiction and modern masterpieces. This comprehensive eBook presents Butler’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Butler’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * ALL the novels, with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare non-fiction works appearing in digital print for the first time * Includes Butler’s note-books - spend hours exploring the author’s many works * The Homeric translations * Features a bonus biography - discover Butler’s literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Novels EREWHON: OR OVER THE RANGE EREWHON REVISITED TWENTY YEARS LATER THE WAY OF ALL FLESH The Non-Fiction A FIRST YEAR IN CANTERBURY SETTLEMENT THE EVIDENCE FOR THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST, AS GIVEN BY THE FOUR EVANGELISTS, CRITICALLY EXAMINED THE FAIR HAVEN LIFE AND HABIT EVOLUTION, OLD AND NEW UNCONSCIOUS MEMORY ALPS AND SANCTUARIES OF PIEDMONT AND THE CANTON TICINO SELECTIONS FROM PREVIOUS WORKS LUCK OR CUNNING AS THE MAIN MEANS OF ORGANIC MODIFICATION? EX VOTO A LECTURE ON THE HUMOUR OF HOMER AND OTHER ESSAYS THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF DR. SAMUEL BUTLER SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS RECONSIDERED THE AUTHORESS OF THE ODYSSEY ESSAYS ON LIFE, ART AND SCIENCE CAMBRIDGE PIECES CANTERBURY PIECES GOD THE KNOWN AND GOD THE UNKNOWN The Epic Poem Translations THE ILIAD OF HOMER, RENDERED INTO ENGLISH PROSE THE ODYSSEY, RENDERED INTO ENGLISH PROSE The Note-Books THE NOTE-BOOKS OF SAMUEL BUTLER The Biography SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF SAMUEL BUTLER, AUTHOR OF EREWHON by Henry Festing Jones Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles

Vercors 1944

Vercors 1944
Author: Peter Lieb
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2012-12-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 1780961162
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A highly illustrated account of the conflict between the German Army and security forces and the French resistance in the Alps. Fighting insurgents has always been one of the greatest challenges for regular armed forces during the 20th century. The war between the Germans and the French resistance, also called FFI (Forces Françaises d'Intérieur), during World War II has remained a near-forgotten chapter in the history of these 'Small Wars'. This is all the more astonishing as agencies like the British SOE (Special Operations Executive) and the American OSS (Office of Strategic Services) pumped a good amount of their resources into the support of the French resistance movement. By diversionary attacks on German forces in the occupied hinterland the Allies hoped the FFI could provide assistance in disrupting German supply lines as well as crumbling their morale. The mountain plateau of the Vercors south-west of Grenoble was the main stronghold of the FFI, and in July 1944 some 8,000 German soldiers mounted an operation on the plateau and destroyed the insurgent groups there. This compact volume examines the battle of the Vercors, the largest operation against the FFI during World War II, and shows how the Germans' suit and crushing victory has caused traumatic memories for the French that persist to the present day.