Trivia

E166318

mock-heroic poem poem

Trivia is a 1716 mock-heroic poem by John Gay that humorously guides readers through the sights, hazards, and social life of walking the streets of early 18th-century London.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mock-heroic poem ⓘ poem ⓘ
associatedWith	British urban literature ⓘ satirical city poetry ⓘ
author	John Gay ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
depicts	coach traffic in London ⓘ mud and filth of London streets ⓘ pickpockets and petty crime ⓘ street vendors in London ⓘ
firstEditionFormat	quarto ⓘ
genre	mock-heroic ⓘ satire ⓘ
hasCommentaryOn	city infrastructure and cleanliness ⓘ fashionable London society ⓘ manners of pedestrians ⓘ
hasForm	didactic poem ⓘ
influencedBy	Georgics ⓘ surface form: Virgil’s Georgics classical didactic poetry ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryForm	narrative poem ⓘ
literaryMovement	Augustan literature ⓘ
literarySignificance	important example of Augustan urban georgic ⓘ key work in John Gay’s early career ⓘ
meter	heroic couplets ⓘ
narrativePerspective	didactic narrator guiding the walker ⓘ
notableTheme	contrast between high style and low subject matter ⓘ navigation of urban dangers ⓘ observation of city crowds ⓘ
originalAudience	London readers of the early 18th century ⓘ
period	Augustan age ⓘ
placeInCanon	classic of English mock-heroic poetry ⓘ
publicationYear	1716 ⓘ
publisher	Bernard Lintot ⓘ
relatedWork	Rural Sports ⓘ The Beggar's Opera ⓘ surface form: The Beggar’s Opera
setting	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
structure	three books ⓘ
subject	London street life ⓘ pedestrian hazards ⓘ social customs ⓘ urban life in early 18th-century London ⓘ
timePeriod	early 18th century ⓘ
title	Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London ⓘ surface form: Trivia, or The Art of Walking the Streets of London
tone	humorous ⓘ satirical ⓘ

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Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London → hasTitle → Trivia ⓘ