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Shallows: Literary Connections, Story outline & Critical reception

Shallows (1984) is a novel by Australian author Tim Winton. It won the 1984 Miles Franklin Award, and was the 1985 joint winner of Western Australian Premier's Book Award - Fiction.

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Shallows topic overview

The analysis highlights Literary Connections, Story outline and Critical reception as prominent areas in the source structure around Shallows.

Related topics
8
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
11
Extracted relationships
17
Concept neighborhoods
9
Bridge connections
11

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 4 topics
Critical reception · 2 topics
Story outline · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Author
Tim Winton
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Allen & Unwin, Australia
Followed by
That Eye, The Sky
Language
English
Media type
Paperback

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Story outline

Critical reception

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Shallows connects Entity context

The extracted context around Shallows shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Shallows → It, Marian Eldridge, On, The Canberra Times, Whatever Another extracted example is Shallows → Tim Winton. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Shallows

Top relations

related to Critical reception · 5
Shallows → It, Marian Eldridge, On, The Canberra Times, Whatever
Author · 1
Shallows → Tim Winton
Followed by · 1
Shallows → That Eye, The Sky
ISBN · 1
Shallows → .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…
Language · 1
Shallows → English
Media type · 1
Shallows → Paperback
OCLC · 1
Shallows → 29006597
Pages · 1
Shallows → 235
Preceded by · 1
Shallows → An Open Swimmer
Publication date · 1
Shallows → 1984

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

novel book 1984 australian award western author tim winton dark miles franklin 1985 joint winner premier's fiction australia moby-dick town

Shallows relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 17 structured relationships around Shallows. Examples in this analysis include Shallows → Author → Tim Winton and Shallows → Followed by → That Eye, The Sky. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ShallowsAuthorTim Winton1.00infobox
ShallowsFollowed byThat Eye, The Sky1.00infobox
ShallowsISBN.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…1.00infobox
ShallowsLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
ShallowsMedia typePaperback1.00infobox
ShallowsOCLC290065971.00infobox
ShallowsPages2351.00infobox
ShallowsPreceded byAn Open Swimmer1.00infobox
ShallowsPublication date19841.00infobox
ShallowsPublication placeAustralia1.00infobox
ShallowsPublisherAllen & Unwin, Australia1.00infobox
Shallowsis asatisfying book0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Shallows bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Tim, Winton and Australia. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • western australia
    • Awards
    • Critical
    • Outline
    • Reception
    • References
    • Story
    • Fiction
    • Premier's
    • Winner
    • Author
    • Dark
    • Tim
  • Shallows
    • Tim
    • Winton
    • Australia
    • Awards
    • Critical
    • Outline
    • Reception
    • References
    • Story
    • Dark
    • Franklin
    • Miles
  • shallows
    • Tim
    • Winton
    • Australia
    • Awards
    • Critical
    • Outline
    • Reception
    • References
    • Story
    • Dark
    • Franklin
    • Miles
  • tim winton
    • Author
    • Tim
    • Winton
    • Shallows
    • Australia
    • Awards
    • Critical
    • Novel
    • Outline
    • Reception
    • References
    • Story
  • miles franklin award
    • Franklin
    • Miles
    • Book
    • Award
    • Fiction
    • Joint
    • Premier's
    • Winner
    • Western
    • Won
    • One
    • Shallows
  • critical reception
    • Australia
    • Awards
    • Outline
    • Reception
    • References
    • Story
    • Dark
    • Tim
    • Town
    • Winton
    • Shallows
    • Western
  • story outline
    • Australia
    • Awards
    • Critical
    • Reception
    • References
    • Story
    • Tim
    • Town
    • Winton
    • Shallows
    • Western
  • carolyn see
    • Called
    • Carolyn
    • Masterpiece
    • Moby-dick
    • Ranks
    • See
    • Dark

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Shallows, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Shallows with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
ShallowsOverview · splits 7 ⟂ 5
ShallowsStory outline · splits 9 ⟂ 3
ShallowsCritical reception · splits 9 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Shallows

Nodes12
Edges11
Triples17
Avg. degree1.83
Density0.166667
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Shallows to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Literary Connections, Story outline & Critical reception, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Shallows · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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