Italian Studies· 2026Q2
Dante’s Nuclear Underworld: The Semiotics of Danger in Hell
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Dante's inscription on the Gate of Hell shares semiotic similarities with modern nuclear waste warnings, suggesting a shared human concern with long-term danger communication.
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Key points
- The inscription on the Gate of Hell in Dante's Inferno III is analyzed using nuclear semiotics.
- Similarities are identified between Dante's inscription and 'markers' for nuclear waste storage.
- The study examines how both Dante and nuclear semioticians address long-term danger communication.
- It explores the changing relationship between fact and fiction across time.
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Abstract
This article uses the postmodern field of nuclear semiotics to examine the semiotics of danger in Dante’s Inferno. Via a close reading of Inferno III, it analyses the similarities between the inscription to the Gate of Hell and several so-called ‘markers’ for permanent nuclear waste storage repositories. It then situates this analysis within the scholarly debate surrounding Dante’s believability, exploring how nuclear semioticians confront the changing relationship between fact and fiction across time alongside Dante’s endeavour to secure the longevity of his own poem.
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