Dual Wield: The Interplay of Poetry and Video Games

Jon Stone

Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2022

Dual Wield

The Interplay of Poetry and Video Games

Jon Stone

Volume 3 in the series Video Games and the Humanities

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110719239

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In recent years, poetry and video games have begun talking to – and taking from – one another in earnest. Poets, ever in pursuit of meaning, now draw inspiration from digital-interactive fantasy worlds, while video game developers aim to enrich their creations by imbuing them with poetic depth. This book investigates the phenomena of poem-game hybrids and other forms of poetic-ludic interplay, making use of both a multidisciplinary critical approach and the author’s own experiments in building and testing hybrid artefacts. What emerges is the suggestion of a future where reading and playing are no longer seen as separate endeavours, where the quests for sensory pleasure and philosophic insight are one and the same.

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Jon Stone, Matlock, England.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Note on the Interactive Elements of the Project Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Introduction: A World of Made Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 The Book and the Maze Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2 Mixing Machines, or Some common animating principles that prefigure poem-game interplay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
3 Matters of Translation, or What happens when poems and video games borrow from one another Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
4 Separation Anxiety, or Plotting and visualising the tensions that exist between poetry and video games Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
5 Marking the Map: Four Types of Interplay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
6 Letters from a Wilderness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Mediography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Scholars of game studies and English literature; Experimental poetry practitioners working in and around digital literature
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 163
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 17
- Coloured Illustrations: 11
Keywords: poetry; video games; hybridity; intermediality; literature

eBook

Published: February 21, 2022
ISBN: 9783110719239

Hardcover

Published: March 7, 2022
ISBN: 9783110718331

Paperback

Published: November 20, 2023
ISBN: 9783111355924