Tag: John Cheever

Literature

The Symbolism of Cheever’s ‘The Swimmer’ Explained

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘The Swimmer’ (1964) is John Cheever’s best-known story. This tale, which fuses realist and surrealist elements, is about a middle-aged married man who decides to travel home from his friends’ house one summer afternoon, swimming in the various swimming pools he encounters on his […]

Literature

A Summary and Analysis of John Cheever’s ‘The Swimmer’

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘The Swimmer’ is a 1964 short story by the American writer John Cheever (1912-82), published in his collection The Brigadier and the Golf Widow. Cheever’s best-known story, ‘The Swimmer’ is about a middle-aged married man who decides to travel home from his friends’ house […]