Narratives from the crib. Edited by Katherine Nelson. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989. Pp. ix, 350. Cloth 30. 00.

Introduction: Monologues in the Crib Katherine Nelson Part I: Constructing a World 1. Monologue as Representation of Real-Life Experience Katherine Nelson 2. Monologue as Narrative Recreation of the World Jerome Bruner and Joan Lucariello 3. Monologue as Problem-Solving Narrative Carol Fleisher Feldman Part II: Constructing a Language 4. Monologue as Development of the Text-Forming Function of Language Elena Levy 5. Monologue as a Speech Genre Julie Gerhardt 6. Monologue as Reenvoicement of Dialogue John Dore Part III: Constructing a Self 7. Monologue, Dialogue, and Regulation Rita Watson 8. Monologue as the Linguistic Construction of Self in Time Katherine Nelson 9. Crib Monologues from a Psychoanalytic Perspective Daniel N. Stern Notes References Contributors Index