John Cheever
By: edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.
Contributors: Bloom, Harold.
Series: Bloom's major short story writers
Publisher: Chelsea House
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Cheever, John -- Criticism and interpretation; Short story
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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; title: 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; title: 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; title: Lynne Waldeland on the story's inappropriateness vis-à-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; title: 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; title: 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; title: Works about John Cheever; title: Acknowledgments; title: Index of themes and ideas.