John Cheever

Slythe, Hal, and Charlie Sweet. "Cheever's Dark Knight of the Soul: The Failed Quest of Neddy Merrill." Studies in Short Fiction 29.3 (Summer 1992): 347-352.

Kozikowski, Stanley J. "Damned in a Fair Life: Cheever's 'The Swimmer.'" Studies in Short Fiction 30.3 (Summer 1993): 367-375.

Piwinski, David J. "Lisbon and Hackensack in Cheever's 'The Swimmer.'" Studies in Short Fiction 33.2 (Spring 1996): 273-274.

Slabey, Robert M. "John Cheever: The 'Swimming' of America." Critical Essays on John Cheever. Ed. Robert Collins. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1982. 180-191.