The Short story and the reader : discovering narrative techniques /

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The best American short stories of the century /

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The stories of John Cheever. by Cheever, John

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An Organon of Life Knowledge : Genres and Functions of the Short Story in North America / by Basseler, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Midlife Crisis as Turning Point for the 'Mature Moderns': John Cheever's "The Country Husband" --…”
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The shape of fiction /

Table of Contents: “…Part One: The shape of fiction and the cage of form: an introduction -- Part Two: Stories -- Eleven pairs -- My kinsman, Major Molineux / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- A tree of night / Truman Capote -- The chrysanthemums / John Steinbeck -- The country husband / John Cheever -- The face within the face / Mark Schorer -- Suicides / Cesare Pavese -- Four summers / Joyce Carol Oates -- In search of a missing IUD / Anne Higgins -- Son in the afternoon / John A. …”