Articles | Volume 4, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-111-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-111-2021
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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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.
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