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The Country Husband Further Reading

Bosha, Francis J., ed., Critical Response to John Cheever, Greenwood Press, 1993.

This review of critical commentary on Cheever's work includes assessments of works ranging from his first to his last. Cheever's individual works are considered and placed in broader literary contexts. This book includes essays written specifically for this volume along with a lengthy interview conducted with Cheever shortly before his death.

Donaldson, Scott, ed., Conversations with John Cheever, University Press of Mississippi, 1987.

Donaldson compiled twenty-eight interviews with Cheever, covering topics from subject matter to writing habits. For readers and writers, these interviews reveal how and why Cheever wrote about what he did and how he developed his craft over the course of his career.

Gottlieb, Robert, ed., Journals of John Cheever, Alfred A.Knopf, 1991.

Originally gathered by Cheever's son, these entries reflect over thirty-five years of the author's life. The journals (which...
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