This title looks at recent sport psychology literature by presenting this material within a framework which will be immediately recognizable to students of psychology and which should thereby bring the world of sport psychology closer to the heart of psychology. To achieve this the book is structured around key subject areas within psychology. Chapters are devoted to separate sub-disciplines, including clinical, social, cognitive, developmental and occupational psychology as well as personality, motor skills and psychophysiology. Each chapter presents a concise review of contemporary sports...
This title looks at recent sport psychology literature by presenting this material within a framework which will be immediately recognizable to studen...
This handbook brings together authoritative contributions from leading mental health researchers, educators and practitioners to provide a comprehensive text for community mental health nurses in training and practice. In thirty-three chapters it covers a wide range of topics, from the history of the profession to current approaches to specific client groups, organised around three linked themes:
professional context
practice issues
education and research.
Each chapter includes a summary of key points and suggestions for further reading, and...
This handbook brings together authoritative contributions from leading mental health researchers, educators and practitioners to provide a comprehe...
Lucius Annaeus Seneca Michael Coffey P. E. Easterling
Seneca's Phaedra occupies an important and influential position in the tradition of European drama. This new edition concentrates on the play's dramatic qualities, examining its Greek and Roman background. The introduction presents discussion of dramaturgy and rhetoric as well as style and textual transmission. An unusual feature is the tracing of the influence of Phaedra's story on later European literature and music. The commentary has extensive notes not only on Seneca's language, but also on plot, characterization, and the use of myth.
Seneca's Phaedra occupies an important and influential position in the tradition of European drama. This new edition concentrates on the play's dramat...
This study appraises the work of all the Roman satirists, from the 2nd century BC, to the end of the reign of Hadrian in AD 138. The satirists' work is shown to reflect the constantly changing society in which they lived, and its topics range from the morally earnest to the bawdy. Certain themes are examined which are common to some degree to all the satirists - autobiographical revelation, personal invective, political and ethical judgements and literary criticism. The book provides an exposition of the tradition of verse satire from Lucilius through Horace and Persius to Juvenal, with an...
This study appraises the work of all the Roman satirists, from the 2nd century BC, to the end of the reign of Hadrian in AD 138. The satirists' wor...
-Riveting . . . vibrant and unsparing.- --Publishers Weekly (starred and boxed review) -Superb. . . . Startlingly original.- --Library Journal (starred review) -Once I started reading these stories, I couldn't stop. They absorbed me thoroughly, with their taut narratives and evocative language--the language of a poet.- --JAY PARINI, author of Jesus: The Human Face of God and The Last Station -Sherwood Anderson would recognize this world of lonely, longing characters, whose surface lives Coffey tenderly plumbs. These beautiful...
-Riveting . . . vibrant and unsparing.- --Publishers Weekly (starred and boxed review) -Superb. . . . Startlingly original.- --
This collection of poetic reflections is a rich resource for a faithful imagination. Michael Coffey's poems explore the deep questions and joyful affirmations of Christian faith. Never settling for easy answers or straight-forward interpretations, Coffey's writing invites the reader into new spiritual territory where the strange and unexpected, the beautiful and painful, become an encounter with the holy. Anyone preparing to preach or teach on biblical texts will find here words that inspire, challenge, and create new inroads for faith. Anyone seeking meditative or devotional readings of...
This collection of poetic reflections is a rich resource for a faithful imagination. Michael Coffey's poems explore the deep questions and joyful affi...
