Cry, the Peacock

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Cry, the Peacock is a psychological novel by Indian author Anita Desai that explores a young woman’s mental disintegration within a stifling marriage and patriarchal society.

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Cry, the Peacock canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian English novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
psychological novel ⓘ
author Anita Desai ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
explores fear of prophecy ⓘ
marital incompatibility ⓘ
oppression of women ⓘ
psychological conflict ⓘ
focusesOn female psyche ⓘ
marital discord ⓘ
mental disintegration ⓘ
patriarchal society ⓘ
genre feminist literature ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Gautama ⓘ
Maya ⓘ
Maya's father ⓘ
astrologer ⓘ
hasSubject marital relationships ⓘ
mental illness ⓘ
patriarchal oppression ⓘ
psychological trauma ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement Indian English literature ⓘ
postcolonial literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Gautama ⓘ
Maya ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narration ⓘ
stream of consciousness ⓘ
notableFor portrayal of a woman’s mental breakdown ⓘ
use of symbolism ⓘ
protagonist Maya ⓘ
publicationPeriod 1960s ⓘ
setting India ⓘ
symbolism death ⓘ
peacock ⓘ
prophecy ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
theme alienation ⓘ
death ⓘ
gender roles ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
madness ⓘ
marriage ⓘ

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Anita Desai → notableWork → Cry, the Peacock ⓘ
Anita Mazumdar → notableWork → Cry, the Peacock ⓘ