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Dual Wield
The Interplay of Poetry and Video Games
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Jon Stone
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English
Published/Copyright:
2022
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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
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Note on the Interactive Elements of the Project
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Introduction: A World of Made
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1 The Book and the Maze
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2 Mixing Machines, or Some common animating principles that prefigure poem-game interplay
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3 Matters of Translation, or What happens when poems and video games borrow from one another
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4 Separation Anxiety, or Plotting and visualising the tensions that exist between poetry and video games
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5 Marking the Map: Four Types of Interplay
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6 Letters from a Wilderness
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Conclusion
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Bibliography
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Mediography
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Glossary
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Index
162
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eBook published on:
February 21, 2022
eBook ISBN:
9783110719239
Hardcover published on:
March 7, 2022
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110718331
Paperback published on:
November 20, 2023
Paperback ISBN:
9783111355924
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
8
Main content:
163
Illustrations:
17
Coloured Illustrations:
11
eBook ISBN:
9783110719239
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110718331
Paperback ISBN:
9783111355924
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars of game studies and English literature; Experimental poetry practitioners working in and around digital literature
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