- ^ Kuiper 2011.
- ^ Leithauser, 2012: "The Swimmer" : "...what may be his greatest story…"
- ^ Yardley, 2004: "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow" (1964), which includes his most famous short story, 'The Swimmer.'"
- ^ Donaldson, 1988 p. 204: "...his magnificent story, "The Swimmer"..." And p. 212: See here attention the story received from literary critics.
- ^ Waldeland, 1979 p. 94: "The most famous story in The Brigadier and the Golf Widow, and the best example of Cheever's use of mysterious transformations is "The Swimmer."
- ^ Bailey, 2009 (2) p. 381-383
- ^ Waldeland, 1979 p. 94: "The only story ever made into a movie."
- ^ Meanor, 1995 p. 21: "As soon as "The Swimmer" appeared in The New Yorker, Cheever was contacted by film director Frank Perry, who promptly proposed a film version."
- ^ O'Hara, 1989 p. 67-70
- ^ Waldeland, 1979 p. 94-95
- ^ Meanor, 1995 p. 144-122
- ^ Coale, 1977 pp. 43-45: Plot summary
- ^ Donaldson, 1988 p. 211: Plot summary here
- ^ a b Wilson 1997.
- ^ Donaldson, 1988 p. 211-212: "...150 pages of notes for 15 pages of story…"
- ^ O'Hara, 1989 p. 68
- ^ O'Hara, 1989 p. 68
- ^ Donaldson, 1988 p. 212
- ^ Meanor, 1995 p. 20: Among Cheever's "genuine masterpieces."
- ^ Leithauser, 2012: "The Swimmer" : "...what may be his greatest story…"
- ^ Meanor, 1995 p. 106: Among Cheever's "most frequently anthologized stories." And p. 107: Meanor quoting William Peden on "The Swimmer" and its frequent inclusion in anthologies.
- ^ Coale, 1977 p. 1
- ^ Yardley, 2004: "...his most famous short story, 'The Swimmer.'"
- ^ Donaldson, 1988 p. 212:
- ^ Meanor, 1995 p. 110: An "ingeniously wrought" story. And p. 114: "...what many critics consider his greatest story, "The Swimmer"...the story as much critical attention as just about any of his novels or other stories."
- ^ Gooderham, 2015
- ^ Meanor, 1995 p. 114: "...a blatantly mythological figure" in its first drafts." And: "No Cheever story ever projected its hero so deeply into the frightening waters of the unconscious."
- ^ Meanor, 1995 p. 114: From an interview with Eleanor Munroe. See footnote no. 5 p. 193.
- ^ Meanor, 1995 p. 114-121
- ^ Meanor, 1995 p. 115: For "ethnic arrangement" see here. And p. 115-116: For "water metaphor" see here.
- ^ O’Hara, 1989 p. 70
- ^ Waldeland, 1979 p. 94: Waldeland includes this passage from the story.
- ^ Coale, 1977 p. 47: Composite quote.
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