Trivia; or, The Art of Walking the Streets of London

Directory

References

Discover

earthquake. Heavily damaged school in the town of Yingxiu after a major earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.

The 6 Deadliest Earthquakes Since 1950

Los Angeles Police Department wanted flyer on Elizabeth Short, aka the "Black Dahlia," who was brutally murdered in January 1947. The FBI supported the Los Angeles Police Department in the case, including by identifying Short through her fingerprints that

America’s 5 Most Notorious Cold Cases (Including One You May Have Thought Was Already Solved)

Orange basketball on black background and with low key lighting. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time

John F. Kennedy as a boy with his family

What Did We Call America’s Elite Before the “1 Percent”?

Artist interpretation of a Space meteoroid impact. Meteor impact. Asteroid, End of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Planet Earth, Doomsday Predictions, comet

10 Failed Doomsday Predictions

Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

Thanksgiving Celebration Traditional Dinner Setting Food Concept

Why Is Thanksgiving in the U.S. Celebrated on a Thursday?

Trivia; or, The Art of Walking the Streets of London

poem by Gay

Learn about this topic in these articles:

discussed in biography

In John Gay
His finest poem, Trivia: or, The Art of Walking the Streets of London (1716), displays an assured and precise craftsmanship in which rhythm and diction underline whatever facet of experience he is describing. A sophisticated lady crossing the street, for example:
Read More

place in English literature

In English literature: Thomson, Prior, and Gay
…verse was John Gay, whose Trivia; or, The Art of Walking the Streets of London (1716) catalogues the dizzying diversity of urban life through a dexterous burlesque of Virgil’s Georgics. His Fables, particularly those in the 1738 collection, contain sharp, subtle writing, and his work for the stage, especially in…
Read More