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John Cheever

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Noun1.John Cheever - United States writer of novels and short stories (1912-1982)John Cheever - United States writer of novels and short stories (1912-1982)


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The publication of The Journals of John Cheever in 1991 revealed his homosexual propensities.
The Seaside Houses," published by John Cheever in 1961, revisits the narrative structure, the search for ghostly alter egos, and the lament for what 20th century America is becoming that Henry James had depicted in his late masterpiece "The Jolly Corner.
He describes how such writers as Conrad Aiken, Nelson Algren, Saul Bellow, Arna Bontemps, Edward Dahlberg, Studs Terkel, Zora Neale Hurston, John Cheever, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, Anzia Yezierska and Harold Rosenburg wrote WPA books that served as histories and guides to the culture and people of different parts of the US.
 
 
 
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