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The Drowned World Information
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The Drowned World is a 1962 science fiction novel by J. G. Ballard. In contrast to much post-apocalyptic fiction, the novel features a central character who, rather than being disturbed by the end of the old world, is enraptured by the chaotic reality...


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Evening Standard - London
Survivors wait for rescue in a drowned world
02/28/2000: 470 words, approx. 2 pages
THOUSANDS of Mozambican flood victims spent the night on roofs and in trees waiting for rescuers to resume work at dawn today as yet another storm system develops off the coast. Five South African helicopters, which have flown almost daily for three weeks,...
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The Independent - London
Not drowning, but waving a flipper at the world
01/01/1996: 494 words, approx. 2 pages
IS HE swimming across the Atlantic or drifting on the ocean currents? Is he exploring new frontiers of human endeavour or just on holiday? Guy Delage, the Frenchman now splashing about somewhere west of the Cape Verde Islands, is having a little trouble winning...
 


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Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Patrick A. McCarthy
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In the following essay, McCarthy examines Ballard's use of literary allusions in The Drowned World, including references to works by Joseph Conrad, William Golding, Daniel Defoe, John Donne, John Keats, James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, William Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri, and others.


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