A companion piece to the popular Directions to Servants, Polite
Conversation is a witty, brilliantly conceived treatise on manners
and small talk from the master of English satire. Beginning with an
"expert" introduction to the perils of ill-educated discourse,
Swift seeks to offer a remedy for conversational disasters. His
aim: to ensure one is always equipped with the correct response, no
matter the situation, and the means with which to stoke up
conversation when it lapses into awkward silence. To prove his
theses, he then proffers three mock dialogues, citing the drawing
room as the most suitable place to display the art of elegant and
polite conversation. The result is a hilarious and deeply ironic
analysis that is as relevant today as when it was first conceived.
Irish clergyman and satirist Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) is best
remembered for his philosophical parody Gulliver's Travels.
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