Dual Wield: The Interplay of Poetry and Video Games - Paperback

by Jon Stone (Author)

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Back Jacket

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.

Jon Stone is a Derbyshire-born writer, editor and researcher. He won a Society of Authors Eric Gregory Award in 2012 and his collection, School of Forgery (Salt, 2012) was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. He is a Lecturer in Creative and Professional Writing at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge.

Author Biography

Jon Stone, Matlock, England.