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Walking the Streets of Eighteenth-Century London

John Gay's Trivia (1716)

Clare Brant editor Susan E Whyman editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:15th Jan '09

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Walking the Streets of Eighteenth-Century London will entertain and inform all who are interested in literature, history, and the city of London. This unique book invites the reader to walk along the dirty, crowded, and fascinating streets of eighteenth-century London in an unusual way. Nine leading experts from the fields of literature, history, classics, gender, biography, geography, and costume, offer different interpretations of John Gay's poem Trivia: or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London (1716). The poem - a lively, funny, and thought-provoking statement about urban life - accompanies the essays, in a new edition with comprehensive notes. The introduction paints a vibrant picture of London in 1716, depicting Gay's fascinating life and literary world, offering an invaluable guide to the poem. Together, these elements allow the heat, grime, and smells of the underbelly of eighteenth-century London come alive in new ways.

The volume assembles a diversity of talent and expertise... * Lawrence E. Klein, Urban History *

ISBN: 9780199280728

Dimensions: 215mm x 139mm x 15mm

Weight: 347g

272 pages