This volume of thirty-one articles, written over a span of twenty years, is gathered from a variety of journals, books, and other collections. Although this results in substantial repetition, of both clinical material and commentary, the same case material succeeds in demonstrating diverse perspectives which become increasingly refined, complex, and multifaceted as the author develops it.

In the preface Giovacchini alerts us to the need for a developmental perspective to aid in the understanding of the ego and the