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...stone, as it were, even though multiculturalism has taught us to view Christopher Columbus' voyages of discovery somewhat less ecstatically than previous American generations did. Yet in art or music or literature, every age tends to create its own canon of greatness. Fifty years ago, for example, Longfellow and Sir Walter Scott were adjudged model poets; they go virtually unread today...
Volcano Lover: A Romance, Sontag's first book in 25 years, focuses on Sir William Hamilton (Sontag calls him the Cavaliere throughout the book). Cavaliere is the British ambassador to Naples, a rabid collector of potpourri and vulcanist who married his first wife Catherine for money. After Catherine's death, the Cavaliere falls in love with Emma; through a strange twist, however, she turns around and finds love in a young British admiral...
...Sontag of the 60's was an observer and analyst of the avant-garde, a cultural critic that showed us ourselves. She always learned toward the esoteric. Who would have guessed a generation of trendy academics would make the formerly well-known story of Sir William Hamilton obscure...
...Sir Ross stood before this country early this summer, preaching that we must improve the moral and ethical base of our society by teaching the proper values to the younger generation. Yet this guy has treated the presidential election and the fate of the nation like a game. He deserted oodles of volunteers to whom he had made a solemn promise. And, after committing to pay his campaign workers through the November election after he dropped out, he soon reneged on that promise as well...
Thank you, Sir Ross, for demonstrating some hearty moral and ethical values to our younger generation. This champion of Texas' sweltering summer weather couldn't survive the heat of the press--and now he thinks he can come and go at his will to try to salvage some pride...