Home > John Cheever Summary & Study Guide > John Cheever
John Cheever (The Sixties in America)
Early Life
Expelled from Thayer Academy because of poor conduct and application, John Cheever used the experience in his first story, “Expelled,” published by the New Republic in 1929. In the 1930’s, he lived mostly in New York City, publishing stories in New Republic, Collier’s, Story, Atlantic, and the New Yorker (for which he became a regular contributor). He worked at odd jobs and taught advanced composition at Barnard College. In 1941, he married Mary Winternitz and fathered three children. After two years of wartime...
[The entire page is 1438 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
Navigate
- John Cheever (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
- John Cheever (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
- John Cheever (Identities and Issues in Literature)
- John Cheever (The Sixties in America)
- John Cheever (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)
- John Cheever (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)
See Also
-
Angel of the Bridge, The (Short Stories) -
Brigadier and the Golf Widow, The (Short Stories) -
Bullet Park (Masterplots Classics) -
Bullet Park (Character Profiles) -
Bullet Park (Literary Places) -
Country Husband, The (Short Stories) -
Country Husband, The (Identities and Issues) -
Enormous Radio, The (Short Stories) -
Enormous Radio, The (Magill Book Reviews) -
Falconer (American Fiction) -
Falconer (Character Profiles) -
Five-Forty-Eight, The (Short Stories) -
Five-Forty-Eight, The (Magill Book Reviews) -
Goodbye, My Brother (Short Stories) -
Housebreaker of Shady Hill, The (Short Stories) -
Journals of John Cheever, The (Literary Annual Reviews) -
Journals of John Cheever, The (Magill Book Reviews) -
Letters of John Cheever, The (Literary Annual Reviews) -
Metamorphoses (Short Stories) -
Oh What a Paradise It Seems (American Fiction) -
Oh What a Paradise It Seems (Character Profiles) -
Stories of Cheever, The (Masterplots Classics) -
Swimmer, The (Short Stories) -
Swimmer, The (Magill Book Reviews) -
Wapshot Chronicle, The (Masterplots Classics) -
Wapshot Chronicle, The (Character Profiles) -
Wapshot Chronicle, The (Literary Places) -
Wapshot Chronicle, The (Magill Book Reviews) -
Wapshot Scandal, The (Masterplots Classics) -
Wapshot Scandal, The (Character Profiles) -
Wapshot Scandal, The (Identities and Issues) -
Wapshot Scandal, The (Literary Places) -
World of Apples, The (Short Stories) -
Late Twentieth Century: 1960-2000, The (Topical Overview--Short Fiction) -
Mid-Twentieth Century: 1920-1960, The (Topical Overview--Short Fiction) -
Supernatural Story, The (Topical Overview--Short Fiction) -
Theory of Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)
