Using geosciences and mythology to locate Prospero's island

Lanza, Tiziana

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-111-2021

Articles | Volume 4, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-111-2021

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Five years of Earth sciences and art at the EGU (2015–2019)

https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-111-2021

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Articles | Volume 4, issue 1

Research article

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17 Mar 2021

Research article |

| 17 Mar 2021

Using geosciences and mythology to locate Prospero's island

Tiziana Lanza

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Final revised paper (published on 17 Mar 2021)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'gc-2020-8 Review', R. John Leigh, 13 Aug 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to R. John Leigh', Tiziana Lanza, 25 Sep 2020
  - RC3: 'Reviewer's response to Author's revisions', R. John Leigh, 25 Sep 2020
    - AC3: 'Thank you again!', Tiziana Lanza, 13 Nov 2020
RC2: 'Using geosciences and mythology to locate Prospero's island', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Sep 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #2', Tiziana Lanza, 25 Sep 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (21 Dec 2020) by Jutta Thielen-del Pozo

AR by Tiziana Lanza on behalf of the Authors (07 Jan 2021) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (15 Jan 2021) by Jutta Thielen-del Pozo

ED: Publish as is (19 Jan 2021) by Kirsten v. Elverfeldt (Executive editor)

AR by Tiziana Lanza on behalf of the Authors (29 Jan 2021) Manuscript

Short summary

The paper brings a classical debate within the literary scholars' community to a scientific context – the sources that William Shakespeare used for The Tempest. The play is studied in the context of natural hazards, suggesting that geosciences can help to move the debate forward by adding new elements. The paper then collects all the clues that can help to place the island from The Tempest in a Mediterranean context, suggesting that the playwright was a witness to volcanism in the Sicilian sea.