{"product_id":"the-principles-of-the-art-john-pentland-mahaffy-9781108078634","title":"The Principles of the Art of Conversation: A Social Essay","description":"The classical scholar J. P. Mahaffy (1839-1919) is known equally for his work on Greek texts and Egyptian papyri (several of his books are reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection). He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, and spent the rest of his working life there, as a fellow, and ultimately as provost from 1914 until his death. This light-hearted book was published in 1887, and the 1888 second edition, with Mahaffy's responses to his critics in the preface, is reissued here. His approach is to analyse the art of conversation in the same way that a classical scholar would analyse the art of rhetoric, discussing theoretical models as well as taking examples from history and from his own social life. However, after considering all aspects of conversation, including its universality and necessity, Mahaffy concludes that 'the perfect practice of it is a mystery, which defies analysis'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Pentland Mahaffy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 110807863X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781108078634\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.48d","brand":"John Pentland Mahaffy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45478536904959,"sku":"9781108078634","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8ef58703-5676-4848-a4a3-9708a800d439.jpg?v=1715935315","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-principles-of-the-art-john-pentland-mahaffy-9781108078634","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}