John Cheever (1912-1982)

A selective list of online literary criticism for John Cheever, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the Modern Language Association Guidelines for Web Pages


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Literary criticism

Short and accessible essay on John Cheever as a classic American author who was a winner of the National Book Award, by Neil Baldwin for the National Book Foundation

Interview with John Cheever from the Paris Review, The Art of Fiction No. 62

The Modest and Charitable Humanism of John Cheever, by Ralph C. Wood, at religion-online.org

Uncollecting Cheever: The Family of John Cheever vs. Academy Chicago Publishers, by Anita Miller in the NY Times Book Review, 1998

Chabon, Michael. Brief essay on "The Swimmer" by novelist Chabon in Salon.com


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