Sandra Cisneros (1954- )

A selective list of literary criticism for novelist and story writer Sandra Cisneros, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in peer and editor reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the MLA Guidelines for Authors of Web Pages

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Literary criticism

Cruz, Felicia J. On the "Simplicity" of Sandra Cisneros's House on Mango Street. First page of article only. Modern Fiction Studies, 47 (Winter 2001)

Herrera, Cristina. An introduction to Sandra Cisneros, from the Literary Encyclopedia, 25 Jan. 2006.

McCay, Mary A. "Sandra Cisneros: Crossing Borders" in Uneasy Alliance: Twentieth-century American Literature, Culture and Biography (Rodopi 2004) by Hans Bak. Preview at Google Books.

Madsen, Deborah L. "Sandra Cisneros" in Understanding Contemporary Chicana Literature (U of South Carolina P 2000). Preview at Google Books.

Sanborn, Geoffrey. "Keeping Her Distance: Cisneros, Dickinson, and the Politics of Private Enjoyment" [The House on Mango Street]. PMLA: Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, 116 (Oct. 2001). [Journal article, restriced access].

Szadziuk, Maria. Culture as Transition: Becoming a Woman in Bi-Ethnic Space [The House on Mango Street; Esmeralda Santiago's When I Was Puerto Rican; Cherrie Moraga's Loving in the War Years.] First page of article only. Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature 32 (Sept. 1999)

Thomson, Jeff. "What is called Heaven": identity in Sandra Cisneros's 'Woman Hollering Creek.' Studies in Short Fiction, Summer 1994.

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