Isabel Allende (1942- )

A selective list of literary criticism for Chilean American novelist Isabel Allende, including signed articles by recognized scholars, peer and editor reviewed articles, and web sites that follow MLA guidelines for web pages.

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literary criticism

Jenkins, Ruth Y. Authorizing female voice and experience: ghosts and spirits in [Maxine Hong] Kingston's 'The Woman Warrior' and Allende's 'The House of the Spirits.' MELUS, Fall, 1994 [first page of article only]

Miskowiec, Jay. A review of Daughter of Fortune (HarperCollins). Rain Taxi, Winter 1999/2000

Umpierre, Luz Maria. Unscrambling Allende's "Dos palabras": the self, the immigrant/writer, and social justice - Isabel Allende, MELUS, Winter, 2002 [first page of article only]

"Empowering Women Around the World" The International Museum of Women to Host Isabel Allende; In Conversation with Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. Business Wire, 8 Nov. 2004

A teller of tales: Isabel Allende, in The National Magazine of the Successful American Latino, Oct-Nov, 2002 by Anita Savio

An introduction to the writings of Isabel Allende from the postcolonial web project at Emory U

A profile of Allende. By Kaitlin Quistgaard, salon.com, 5 March 5 2001

A biography of Isabel Allende and list of secondary resources, from educational publisher Gale Group

An interview with Allende, by Linda Richards in January Magazine

A review of Isabel Allende's Paula, by Victor Perera in Metroactive, 14 Dec. 1995

Isabel Allende's personal web site, which contains information on all her novels, with some excerpts

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