A selective list of literary criticism for novelist 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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Cruz, Felicia J. On the "Simplicity" of Sandra Cisneros's House on Mango Street. First page of article only. MFS Modern Fiction Studies, Volume 47, Number 4, Winter 2001, pp. 910-946.
Herrera, Cristina. An introduction to Sandra Cisneros, from the Literary Encyclopedia, Jan. 25, 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 (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 2000). Preview at Google Books.
Sanborn, Geoffrey. "Keeping Her Distance: Cisneros, Dickinson, and the Politics of Private Enjoyment" [The House on Mango Street] Journal article, library only. PMLA: Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, 2001 Oct; 116 (5): 1334-48.
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, 1999 Sept; 32 (3): 109-29.
Thomson, Jeff. "What is called Heaven": identity in Sandra Cisneros's 'Woman Hollering Creek.' Studies in Short Fiction, Summer, 1994.
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