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" John Cheever / "
edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.
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BL
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1026617
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b780987
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| Title & Author
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John Cheever /\ edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.
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| Publication Statement
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Philadelphia :: Chelsea House Publishers,, ©2004.
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| Series Statement
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Bloom's major short story writers
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1 online resource (106 pages).
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| ISBN
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1438116225
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: 9781438116228
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-102) and index.
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| Contents
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Biography of John Cheever -- Plot summary of "Goodbye my brother" -- List of characters in "Goodbye my brother" -- Critical views of "Goodbye my brother." John Cheever on the genesis of the story -- James E. O'Hara on moral complexity -- Patrick meanor on biblical and Puritan references -- Scott Donaldson on the author's attitude towards brotherhood -- Plot summary of "The enormous radio" -- List of characters in "The enormous radio" -- Critical views of "The enormous radio." Burton Kendle on the author's Reinterpretation of Eden -- Henrietta Ten Harmsel on parallels to Nathaniel Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown -- James E. O'Hara on the confluence of reality and fable -- Patrick Meanor on the author's stylistic breakthrough -- Plot summary of "The five-forty-eight" -- List of characters in "The five-forty-eight" -- Critical views of "The five-forty-eight." Lynne Waldeland on the story's inappropriateness vis-à-vis The Shady Hill stories -- George W. Hunt on the relationship between villainy and forgetfulness -- Raymond Carver's sequel to the story -- Mark A.C. Facknitz On Carver's unhappy conclusion -- Patrick Meanor on sadism -- Plot summary of "The country husband" -- List of characters in "The country husband" -- Critical views of "The country husband." Alfred Kazin on the author's radiance -- Robert A. Hipkiss on references to war -- Lawrence Jay Dessner on tension and irony -- Plot summary of "The swimmer" -- List of characters in "The swimmer" -- Critical views of "The swimmer." Michael D. Byrne on the symbolic significance of nomenclature -- William Rodney Allen on parallels to F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby -- Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweet on references to Ponce de Leon -- Nathan Cervo on allusions to death and the underworld -- Works by John Cheever.
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| Abstract
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Includes a biography of John Cheever, a plot summaries, extracts of critical essays, a bibliography of his works, and index of themes and ideas.
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| Subject
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Cheever, John-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Cheever, John.
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Cheever, John.
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Short story.
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Kurzgeschichte
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Short story.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.52
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PS3505.H6428Z7 2004
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Bloom, Harold.
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