John Cheever
By: edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom
Series: Bloom's major short story writers
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Philadelphia, USA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 106
ISBN-13: 9781438116228
Subjects: Short story; Criticism and interpretation
Description: Includes a biography of John Cheever, a plot summaries, extracts of critical essays, a bibliography of his works, and index of themes and ideas.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-102) and index.

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Table of contents: title: Biography of John Cheever; title: Plot summary of "Goodbye my brother"; title: List of characters in "Goodbye my brother"; title: Critical views of "Goodbye my brother." John Cheever on the genesis of the story; title: James E. O'Hara on moral complexity; title: Patrick meanor on biblical and Puritan references; title: Scott Donaldson on the author's attitude towards brotherhood; title: Plot summary of "The enormous radio"; title: List of characters in "The enormous radio"; title: Critical views of "The enormous radio." Burton Kendle on the author's Reinterpretation of Eden; title: Henrietta Ten Harmsel on parallels to Nathaniel Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown; title: James E. O'Hara on the confluence of reality and fable; title: Patrick Meanor on the author's stylistic breakthrough; title: Plot summary of "The five-forty-eight"; title: List of characters in "The five-forty-eight"; title: Critical views of "The five-forty-eight." Lynne Waldeland on the story's inappropriateness vis-a  -vis The Shady Hill stories; title: George W. Hunt on the relationship between villainy and forgetfulness; title: Raymond Carver's sequel to the story; title: Mark A.C. Facknitz On Carver's unhappy conclusion; title: Patrick Meanor on sadism; title: Plot summary of "The country husband"; title: List of characters in "The country husband"; title: Critical views of "The country husband." Alfred Kazin on the author's radiance; title: Robert A. Hipkiss on references to war; title: Lawrence Jay Dessner on tension and irony; title: Plot summary of "The swimmer"; title: List of characters in "The swimmer"; title: Critical views of "The swimmer." Michael D. Byrne on the symbolic significance of nomenclature; title: William Rodney Allen on parallels to F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby; title: Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweet on references to Ponce de Leon; title: Nathan Cervo on allusions to death and the underworld; title: Works by John Cheever.