The Volcano Lover
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The Volcano Lover is a historical novel by Susan Sontag that intertwines art, politics, and obsessive love against the backdrop of 18th-century Naples and the looming presence of Mount Vesuvius.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Volcano Lover canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7390289 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Volcano Lover Context triple: [Susan Sontag, notableWork, The Volcano Lover]
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A.
Der Vulkan
Der Vulkan is a 1939 exile novel by German writer Klaus Mann that portrays the lives and struggles of anti-Nazi refugees scattered across Europe on the eve of World War II.
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B.
Volcano
"Volcano" is a song featured on U2's 2014 album *Songs of Innocence*.
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C.
Volcano
"Volcano" is a 1988 song by American singer-songwriter Edie Brickell, best known as a track from her debut album with New Bohemians, "Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars."
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D.
Eruption
"Eruption" is a groundbreaking instrumental guitar solo by Eddie Van Halen, renowned for its innovative tapping technique and major influence on rock guitar playing.
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E.
La Caldera
La Caldera is the prominent volcanic summit that forms the highest point of Lobos Island in the Canary Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Volcano Lover Target entity description: The Volcano Lover is a historical novel by Susan Sontag that intertwines art, politics, and obsessive love against the backdrop of 18th-century Naples and the looming presence of Mount Vesuvius.
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A.
Der Vulkan
Der Vulkan is a 1939 exile novel by German writer Klaus Mann that portrays the lives and struggles of anti-Nazi refugees scattered across Europe on the eve of World War II.
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B.
Volcano
"Volcano" is a song featured on U2's 2014 album *Songs of Innocence*.
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C.
Volcano
"Volcano" is a 1988 song by American singer-songwriter Edie Brickell, best known as a track from her debut album with New Bohemians, "Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars."
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D.
Eruption
"Eruption" is a groundbreaking instrumental guitar solo by Eddie Van Halen, renowned for its innovative tapping technique and major influence on rock guitar playing.
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E.
La Caldera
La Caldera is the prominent volcanic summit that forms the highest point of Lobos Island in the Canary Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Susan Sontag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| exploresTopic |
Enlightenment culture
ⓘ
aesthetics ⓘ collecting and possession ⓘ erotic obsession ⓘ power and politics ⓘ revolution ⓘ |
| featuresLocation | Mount Vesuvius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Emma Hamilton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Horatio Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780374526236 ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasMetafictionalElements | true ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | shifting perspectives ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | ~400 ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Sir William Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Emma Hamilton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Horatio Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ Neapolitan society ⓘ Sir William Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ art objects ⓘ collectors ⓘ volcanoes ⓘ |
| isFollowedBy | In America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isNotableWorkOf | Susan Sontag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
art
ⓘ
collecting ⓘ obsessive love ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | omniscient narration ⓘ |
| originalTitle | The Volcano Lover: A Romance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Italy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | 18th century ⓘ |
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Subject: The Volcano Lover Description of subject: The Volcano Lover is a historical novel by Susan Sontag that intertwines art, politics, and obsessive love against the backdrop of 18th-century Naples and the looming presence of Mount Vesuvius.
Referenced by (2)
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