Date of Award
1-1-2003
Document Type
Thesis - ECU Access Only
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Faculty
Faculty of Community Services, Education and Social Sciences
First Supervisor
Dr Richard Rossiter
Abstract
This thesis comprises n novel titled The Alphabet of Light and Dark and an accompanying essay titled ''The Skeleton of a Mermaid: Writing The Alphabet of Light and Dark'. The novel tells the story of Essie Lewis, an oceanographer in Western Australia, who returns to her home in Tasmania at the time of her grandfather's death. She inherits a sea chest full of strange treasures- among them a paper nautilus shell, a wedding band, a coil of fair hair, a coconut, and a thruppence piece coated in nacre.
Recommended Citation
Wood, D. (2003). The Alphabet of Light and Dark : A Novel and Accompanying Essay. Edith Cowan University. Retrieved from https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/303