Read complete books and articles on: John Cheever

Cheever, John - 1912–82, American author, b. Quincy, Mass. His expulsion from Thayer Academy was the subject of his first short story, published by the New Republic when he was 17. With meticulously rendered detail, Cheever writes about life in the affluent American suburbs. Although his works are usually comic, his view is that of a moralist. Among his works are the novels The Wapshot

11 of the Best Books and Articles on: John Cheever

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The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story ("John Cheever (1912-1982)" begins on p. 199) » Read Now
by Blanche H. Gelfant, Lawrence Graver. 660 pgs.

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Equivocal Spirits: Alcoholism and Drinking in Twentieth-Century Literature (Chap. Four "Drinking and Society in the Fiction of John Cheever") » Read Now
by Thomas B. Gilmore. 226 pgs.

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Damned in a Fair Life: Cheever's "The Swimmer," in Studies in Short Fiction » Read Now
by Stanley J. Kozikowski. 9 pgs.

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...212). (2) In Conversations with John Cheever, Cheever reflected, "My critical...anybody" (98). (3) In The Letters of John Cheever, the author recalls "At night...
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Gender and Structure in John Cheever's "The Country Husband," in Studies in Short Fiction » Read Now
by Lawrence Jay Dessner. 12 pgs.

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...Gender and structure in John Cheevers "The Country Husband." by...17-18) On more than one occasion, John Cheever described his short story "The...the truly masculine:...
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John Cheever's Shady Hill, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Suburbs, in Studies in American Fiction » Read Now
by Keith Wilhite. 25 pgs.

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Burglary in Shady Hill and Sarsaparilla: The Politics of Conformity in White and Cheever, in Australian Literary Studies » Read Now
by Lars Andersson. 10 pgs.

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Toward the End: Closure and Structure in the American Short Story ("The Tale in Modern Perspective: Cheever, 'Artemis, the Honest Well Digger'" begins on p. 152) » Read Now
by John Gerlach. 194 pgs.

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...permission. Permission to quote portions of John Cheever "Artemis, the Honest Well Digger" from The Stories of John Cheever 1978 by John Cheever was granted by Alfred A...
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Magical Realism: Theory, History, Community ("Roads of 'Exquisite Mysterious Muck': The Magical Journey through the City in William Kennedy's 'Ironweed', John Cheever's 'The Enormous Radio,' and Donald Barthelme's 'City Life'" begins on p. 477) » Read Now
by Lois Parkinson Zamora, Wendy B. Faris. 582 pgs.

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...Journey through the City in William Kennedys Ironweed, John Cheevers "The Enormous Radio," and Donald Barthelmes "City Life...cities in the work of U.S. writers William...
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Love on the Rocks: Men, Women, and Alcohol in Post-World War II America (Discussion of John Cheever begins on p. 217) » Read Now
by Lori Rotskoff. 307 pgs.

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In this fascinating history of alcohol in postwar American culture, Lori Rotskoff draws on short stories, advertisements, medical writings, and Hollywood films to investigate how gender norms and ideologies of marriage intersected with scientific and popular ideas about drinking and alcoholism
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In this fascinating history of alcohol in postwar American culture, Lori Rotskoff draws on short stories, advertisements, medical writings, and Hollywood films to investigate how gender norms and ideologies of marriage intersected with scientific and popular ideas about drinking and alcoholism.
After the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, recreational drinking became increasingly accepted among white, suburban, middle-class men and women. But excessive or habitual drinking plagued many families. How did people view the "problem drinkers" in their midst? How did husbands and wives learn to cope within an "alcoholic marriage?" And how was drinking linked to broader social concerns during the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War era?
By the 1950s, Rotskoff explains, mental health experts, movie producers, and members of self-help groups like Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon helped bring about a shift in the public perception of alcoholism from "sin" to "sickness." Yet alcoholism was also viewed as a family problem that expressed gender-role failure for both women and men. On the silver screen (in movies such as "The Lost Weekend and "The Best Years of Our Lives) and on the printed page (in stories by writers such as John Cheever), in hospitals and at Twelve Step meetings, chronic drunkenness became one of the most pressing public health issues of the day.
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Embracing a Gay Identity: Gay Novels as Guides (Discussion of John Cheever begins on p. 30) » Read Now
by Wilfrid R. Koponen. 190 pgs.

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This work presents a psychological analysis of the process of "coming out" for gay men in America since 1950. Koponen looks at the process as a series of steps in a hero's journey progressing from initial denial and anger to guilt, bargaining, and depression. The stages of acceptance and integration...
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This work presents a psychological analysis of the process of "coming out" for gay men in America since 1950. Koponen looks at the process as a series of steps in a hero's journey progressing from initial denial and anger to guilt, bargaining, and depression. The stages of acceptance and integration of a gay identity represent the goal of the quest. Providing the common ground on which to analyze the "coming out" process, Koponen uses gay male relationships portrayed in six important American novels--Falconer by John Cheever, City of the Night by John Rechy, Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin, The Beautiful Room Is Empty by Edmund White, Dancer from the Dance by Andrew Holleran, and Taking Care of Mrs. Carroll by Paul Monette. This book not only is literary study, but also is intended to help gay men reflect on their shared lived experiences. Self-help exercises on identifying and examining the stages of coming out are provided throughout the analysis.
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Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures, Vol. II ("Cheever, John (1912-1982)" begins on p. 180) » Read Now
by John Beynon, Douglas Eisner, George E. Haggerty. 986 pgs.

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This Encyclopedia offers accounts of the most important developments in an area that now occupies a critical place in many academic endeavours.