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The key to Cheever's troubled nature was his fear of being 'a small and dirty fraud,' an impostor in his social pretensions and, especially, his sexuality. The suburban squire was just a shopkeeper's son. And though he took a sincere, even intense, sexual interest in women, it was impossible to superintend his wayward libido, which kept pointing him toward men.
Cheever drank himself right to the edge of the abyss but drew back. In 1975 he quit drinking for good. Chastened and sober, he completed Falconer, a magnificent novel of sin and redemption that hinges on a homosexual relationship. One year later, a collection of his short stories became a best seller and won the Pulitzer Prize. He even made a sort of peace with his sexual appetites.
At the time of his death, Cheever's lasting fame seemed the safest of safe bets. But 27 years later, his star has dimmed. Bailey says part of the problem is that Cheever's work hasn't been embraced by academics, the gatekeepers of the canon. It might help that the Library of America, which has its own role in picking the immortals, has just admitted Cheever into its canon. In its new two-volume collection of his work, edited by Bailey, you hear Cheever's sly, lambent voice everywhere. Is it true the professors won't make room for him? Open to any page of these two books and you'll know why they're wrong.

A. 어휘
fraud 사기, 협잡, 사기꾼. impostor 사기꾼, 협잡꾼.
pretensions 겉치레, 위장, 暗暗裡(암암리)의 주장, 할말, 주장. squire 대지주, 시골신사.
suburban squire 교외에 사는 부유한 명사. superintend 감독하다.
wayward 고집불통의, 변덕스러운. libido 리비도, 본능적 욕망, 성적충동.
point 가리키다. abyss 지옥, 奈落(나락)의 밑바닥, 深淵(심연), 절망의 구렁텅이.
quit-quit-quit or quit-quitted-quitted 그만 두다, 떠나다. for good 영원히.
chasten 혼내다, 단련하다, 징벌하다, 순화하다. sober 술에 취하지 않은, 맑은 정신의.
falconer 매를 부리는 사람. magnificent 장대한, 훌륭한. redemption 구원, 속죄, 상환.
hinge ...에 따라 결정되다. appetite 욕망, 식욕. lasting 지속적인.
bet 내기, 도박, 건 돈(물건). dim 어둠침침해지다, 흐릿해지다.
embrace (사상 따위를) 받아들이다, 포옹하다. academics 대학교수.
canon (윤리.예술상의) 표준, 권위. immortal 不朽(불후)의 사람, 죽지 않는 사람.
volume 책, 서적. sly 간교한. lambent 부드럽게 빛나는, (불빛이) 어른어른 흔들리는.

B. 구문
- right to the edge of the abyss
[심연의 바로 가장자리까지]
- Chastened and sober→When he was chastened and sober→Being chastened and sober
[정신이 순화되고 맑게 되었을 때]
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