10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SIMPLON PASS»
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1
A Companion to William Wordsworth
(IV) THE SIMPLON PASS The Simplon Pass is a 'poem of the imagination' like A
Night-Piece, She was a Phantom of Delight, Three Years She Grew in Sun and
Shower, The Reverie of Poor Susan, Resolution and Independence, The Thorn, ...
2
Valais East: 48 Selected Day Walks Round Zermatt, Saas, ...
48 Selected Day Walks Round Zermatt, Saas, Fiesch, Brig and Simplon as Well
as a 6-day Round Walk Through the Matter Valley and a 3-day Walk from the
Rhône Valley Over the Simplon Pass to Gondo ; [the Finest Valley and Mountain
...
Michael Waeber, Hans Steinbichler, 2011
3
Out of Context: American Artists Abroad
His images of the Simplon Pass in the Swiss Alps such as Simplon Pass: The
Tease (1911) focus primarily upon family members in a pastoral landscape (
Figure 9). Those of Venetian domestic architecture such as Doorway of a
Venetian ...
Laura Rachel Felleman Fattal, Carol Salus, 2004
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Frederic P Miller, Agnes F Vandome, John McBrewster, 2011
5
Italian Rock: Selected Rock-climbs in Northern Italy
Although not a major area, its roadside access and sunny quick-drying nature
make it a valuable venue for a one or two day stop-off when entering or leaving
ltaly via the Simplon Pass (2 hours/60 miles from the Handegg/Grimsell areas).
6
Ways of the World: A History of the World's Roads and of the ...
A narrow road through the Simplon Pass was first mentioned in 1235, but fell into
decay, and eventually only foot traffic was possible. Although a packhorse route
was revived in the seventeenth century by a Swiss businessman, grades of over
...
7
Wordsworth and the Poetry of Human Suffering
Simplon Pass is replete with natural energy: the blasts of waterfalls, winds
thwarting winds, the raving stream, all become unified as "the workings of one
mind." The most obscure component of Wordsworthian sublimity is duration. In "
The ...
... new era in pan-European travel > The Simplon Pass road is kepr open yeat-
round, and offers an easy short-cut > ii you're driving ro theTicino. From the ltalian
horder at Gondo. it's 22km ro v> Domodossola. Signage on its outskirts is poor, ...
9
The Blank-Verse Tradition from Milton to Stevens: ...
The poetas-artist is shaping and controlling this effect, as it were from the outside.
As has often been noted, the poem's opening line, “The woods decay, the woods
decay and fall,” echoes the Simplon Pass episode of Wordsworth's Prelude: ...
10
The Alps: A Cultural History
One of these was the Earl ofWiltshire, with whom Burnet crossed the Simplon
Pass in August 1672. Like all seventeenth-century thinkers, Burnet knew that the
conventional view of the Alps was that they were dangerous and repellent, ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SIMPLON PASS»
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Simplon Pass is used in the context of the following news items.
'Steel' review: Honoring the industry that once symbolized our strength
When romantic poets speak of the sublime, they are usually thinking of Mont Blanc or the Simplon Pass or other awe-inspiring natural vistas. The term sublime ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
Italy's Ancona port upgrading rail infrastructure
Beyond the rail node of Bologna on the Adriatic line, trains either cross the Alps via the Simplon Pass to reach Basel in Switzerland and the Rhine Valley, or turn ... «JOC.com, Jul 15»
#Seabase1910 – Endurance test on Simplon
This test would see him ride from Lugano via Monte Ceneri, through the Centovalli to Domodossola and from there, via the 2100m high Simplon Pass, to Brig. «Red Bull, May 15»
Elizabeth Peyton on John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent, Simplon Pass: Reading, About 1911. Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Hayden Collection-Charles Henry Hayden Fund, ... «HarpersBAZAAR.com, Feb 15»
Two injured in separate truck crashes
A 45-year-old Senegalese man is in hospital after the truck he was driving, left the road and caught fire as he was coming down from the Simplon pass, near ... «GenevaLunch news, Jan 15»
'John Singer Sargent and His Muse' by Corsano and Williman
The watercolor “Simplon Pass: Reading,” depicting a reclining Rose-Marie staring at us from behind a woman with a parasol, was a signature image in last fall's ... «Boston Globe, Sep 14»
Valais abbey celebrates 1500 years of history
Built against a cliff on a historic route from Geneva to the Simplon Pass and northern Italy, the monastery dates from 515 when its first buildings were erected. «The Local.ch, Sep 14»
Nicolas Roche: 'All our hot water was used to wash the snow and …
As our team car approached the foot of the Simplon Pass it was lightly sprinkling with rain and I turned to my directeur sportif Guido Trentin and pondered ... «Irish Independent, May 14»
Tour de Romandie stage shortened due to snow
Snowfall on the Simplon Pass and concerns about the weather conditions have led the Tour de Romandie race organiser to severely shorten Wednesday's ... «Cycling Weekly, Apr 14»
Route for 2014 Tour de Romandie revealed
The following day's stage, a 203km route from Ascona to Sion, takes in part of northern Italy and takes in the category one Simplon Pass and category two climb ... «RoadCyclingUK, Dec 13»
