Romanticism and Popular Culture

This evolving bibliography collects media that represent Romantic-era works and historical figures in fictional contexts. We welcome feedback and additions from the RC community.

Games

Date:

2014

A heavily modified version of “Ozymandias” is recited by the character Handsome Jack in a trailer for the video game Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!, who loses his corporate empire and life at the end of Borderlands 2

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Visceral Games, Behaviour Interactive (PSP Version)

Date:

2010

Assets for the game Dante's Inferno draw upon Blake's illustrations to Dante as well as those by Gustave Doré and Auguste Rodin. -Wikipedia

Elegy for a Dead World

Date:

2014

"There are many stories to write and many places to visit, from the crumbling museum, stone faces, and sweltering plains of Shelley’s World to the central planning station on Keats’s World to the desiccated shores and frigid tundra of Byron’s World."

website: http://www.dejobaan.com/elegy/
 

Ever, Jane

Date:

2016

"Ever, Jane is an on-line role-playing game set in the virtual world of Regency England and the works of Jane Austen. Unlike many multi-player games, it's not about kill or be killed but invite or be invited. Gossip is our weapon of choice. Instead of raids, we will have grand balls. Instead of dungeons, we will have dinner parties. At the moment, we don't have any of these. What we do have, is a village centred round a tree-lined village green, with houses where you may 'squat' and soon even own and redecorate to your taste."

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Developed by Black Isle Studios

Date:

1998

In Fallout 2, if Lt. Col. Dr. Charles Curling is convinced that his research, if used as others plan, will result in genocide, he recites "The Tyger". -Wikipedia

Picture of Pride & Prejudice Trivia game

Date:

2010

"With 300 trivia cards, including 8 bonus Jane Austen trivia questions, you will enjoy testing your knowledge of this book to become the Pride and Prejudice Trivia Champion and learning facts you may not remember" -Amazon

Publication Information:

Developed by Project community

Date:

1990

The online game Lost Souls uses the Proverbs of Hell as magical control phrases for a kind of enchanted wand created by the Aligned, a group of artist-philosopher-magicians. -Wikipedia

Picture of Marrying Mr. Darcy card game

Date:

2014

"Marrying Mr. Darcy is a role-playing game where players are one of the female characters from Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. Players work to improve themselves and become more desirable as potential wives for the available Suitors." -Amazon

Expansion packs include "Marrying Mr. Darcy: The Undead Expansion" and "Marrying Mr. Darcy: The Emma Expansion."

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Developed by Jagex Games Studio

Date:

2014

The RuneScape character Bill Blakey, a musician and poet, is a William Blake homage. -Wikipedia

Publication Information:

Konami

Date:

1999

The art for the Yu-Gi-Oh! card "Red Dragon Archfiend" appears to be an intentional homage to the Great Red Dragon Paintings. -Wikipedia