The Cat and Shakespeare (1965) – A playful yet deeply Vedantic novel on destiny and selfrealization

Title :-The Cat and Shakespeare (1965) – A playful yet deeply Vedantic novel on destiny and selfrealization Download

Author :-Hanuman Prasad Gurjar

Date of Publication (ONLINE) :-05-07-2025
DOI :-10.71037/shodhaamrit.v2i2.03

Online Publication Certificate No. :– SMT/283

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Gurjar Hanuman Prasad, ”The Cat and Shakespeare (1965) – A playful yet deeply Vedantic novel on destiny and selfrealization”, Published in SHODHAAMRIT(शोधामृत), ISSN-3048-9296(O) & 3049-2890(P), Volume-2 | Issue-2, July-Dec., 2025, Page No. :-14-25. URL: https://shodhaamrit.gyanvividha.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Hanuman-Prasad-Gurjar-Shodhaamrit-Vol-2Issue-2-ISSN-3048-9296O-3049-2890P-July-Dec.-2025pp-14-25.pdf

Abstract : In the decades following India’s independence in 1947, English-language novelists initially continued the Gandhian tradition of social realism—Mulk Raj Anand’s So Many Hungers (1947), R.K. Narayan’s The Guide (1958), Bhabani Bhattacharya’s Shadow from Ladakh (1966)—but by the mid-1960s a new strand of fiction emerged, one less concerned with social documenttation and more with metaphysical inquiry. Post-Independence Indian fiction retained much of its earlier momentum, yet writers such as Arun Joshi and Chaman Nahal began to explore interior landscapes; it is against this backdrop that Raja Rao’s 1965 novel The Cat and Shakespeare appears as a landmark departure, foregrounding spiritual quest over social critique dodl.klyuniv.ac.in.

Keywords : independence, Gandhian tradition, fiction, metaphysical inquiry, Post-Independence.

Publication Details:

Journal : SHODHAAMRIT(शोधामृत)

ISSN : 3048-9296 (Online) & 3049-2890 (Print)

Published In : Volume-2 | Issue-2, July-Dec., 2025

Page Number(s) : 14-25

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 Mrs Anubha Chaudhary | https://shodhaamrit.gyanvividha.com | ISSN-3048-9296(O) & 3049-2890(P)