John Cheever: References & Edit History
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Biographies include Blake Bailey, Cheever (2009); and Scott Donaldson, John Cheever (1988, reprinted 1990). Susan Cheever, Home Before Dark (1984, reissued 2001), is a memoir of Cheever by his daughter, and When All the Men Wore Hats (2025) is her consideration of her father’s short stories. Critical interpretations include Samuel Coale, John Cheever (1977, reissued 1984); George W. Hunt, John Cheever: The Hobgoblin Company of Love (1983); James E. O’Hara, John Cheever: A Study of the Short Fiction (1989); and Patrick Meanor, John Cheever Revisited (1995).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | May 23, 2026 | ||
| Updated bibliography and added head levels and top questions. | Oct 27, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jun 14, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Authors - Biography of John Cheever. | Nov 12, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: New England Historical Society - John Cheever: Reluctant New Dealer on the Way to Fame. | Feb 01, 2019 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Mar 20, 2017 | ||
| Biography by Bailey added. | Apr 28, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Notable Biographies - Biography of John Cheever. | Oct 25, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Pulitzer Prize Winners With UI Ties - Biography of John Cheever. | Aug 30, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Amercian Society of Authors and Writers - Biography of John Cheever. | Aug 30, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: GLBTQ - Biography of Cheever, John. | Aug 30, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of Groningen - Revolution to Reconstruction - Biography of John Cheever. | May 07, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 24, 2005 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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