The Dark, the Light single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 The Dark, the Light
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Postcards from Surfers : Stories Helen Garner , Fitzroy : McPhee Gribble , 1985 Z372281 1985 selected work short story
    — Appears in: बयार उस पार से सं. अरुणा सीतेश 2011; (p. 122-137)

    'From one of Australia's most celebrated writers comes eleven stories about the complexities of life and love; of looking back and longing; of what it means to be a stranger, on foreign ground and known, told with the piercing familiarity and resonance we have come to expect from Helen Garner. Remarkably honest, often very funny and always woven in ways that surprise, these stories tease out everyday life to show the darkness underneath - but also the possibilities of joy.'

    Source: Publisher's blurb (Penguin Modern Classics)

    Fitzroy : McPhee Gribble , 1985
    pg. 17-21
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Penguin Best Australian Short Stories Mary Lord (editor), Ringwood : Penguin , 1991 Z307411 1991 anthology short story extract humour satire crime historical fiction (taught in 1 units) Ringwood : Penguin , 1991 pg. 275-277
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Making Connections : Six Australian Short Story Writers Brian Keyte (editor), Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1997 Z221043 1997 anthology short story criticism

    The stories chosen chart the emotions and the experiences of human beings living at particular times and in particular places. Collected as the landmark of a new millennium approached, the stories represent an interest at that time in past and future.

    Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1997
    pg. 95-97
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon My Hard Heart : Selected Fiction Helen Garner , Ringwood : Viking , 1998 Z444067 1998 selected work short story Ringwood : Viking , 1998 pg. 211-213

Works about this Work

The Collective Monologue : Studies of the Transitivity in The Dark, The Light by Helen Garner Yan Hua , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Xihua University , August vol. 30 no. 4 2011; (p. 71-74)
'The short story The Dark, the light written by Australian writer, Helen Gamer, is found to be a literary discourse with many potential meanings thoroughly and subtly realized by means of the multi-functions of discourse such as the transitivity of verbs, which is a major focus of this study. The studies is carried out with an effort, and also a purpose, to integrate literary critical theories and discourse analysis so that both approaches will prove and support each other for a more comprehensive and objective understanding of literary works.' (Publication abstract)
 
The Collective Monologue : Studies of the Transitivity in The Dark, The Light by Helen Garner Yan Hua , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Xihua University , August vol. 30 no. 4 2011; (p. 71-74)
'The short story The Dark, the light written by Australian writer, Helen Gamer, is found to be a literary discourse with many potential meanings thoroughly and subtly realized by means of the multi-functions of discourse such as the transitivity of verbs, which is a major focus of this study. The studies is carried out with an effort, and also a purpose, to integrate literary critical theories and discourse analysis so that both approaches will prove and support each other for a more comprehensive and objective understanding of literary works.' (Publication abstract)
 
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