Preface 1. The Uses of the Story 2. The Legal and the Literary 3. The Narrative Creation of Self 4. So Why Narrative? Notes Index
Jerome Bruner was University Professor at New York University.
The best books have the capacity to change lives, sometimes by the
sheer force of ideas communicated with felicity and grace. Bruner's
short, compelling work Making Stories is just such a book. Bruner
[makes] sharply visible what otherwise could be only indistinctly
felt. He trains his searchlight on the complex and diverse uses not
only of the conventional, easily recognized stories of myth and
literature, but also of obscure stories, those found...buried
within our culture, our institutions and ourselves.
*Los Angeles Times Book Review*
The best books have the capacity to change lives, sometimes by the sheer force of ideas communicated with felicity and grace. Bruner's short, compelling work Making Stories is just such a book. Bruner [makes] sharply visible what otherwise could be only indistinctly felt. He trains his searchlight on the complex and diverse uses not only of the conventional, easily recognized stories of myth and literature, but also of obscure stories, those found...buried within our culture, our institutions and ourselves. * Los Angeles Times Book Review *
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