Sandra Cisnero's The House on Mango Street, New Edition (Bloom's Guides)

Discusses the writing of The house on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. Includes critical essays on the work and a brief biography of the author. In The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros draws on her own experience as a Hispanic woman writer facing obstacles in a patriarchal community resistant to change. Published in 1984 to instantaneous acclaim, the book is made up of lyrical passages, interconnected vignettes, and meditations and observations that resemble prose poems. Cisneros's structurally and thematically bold work explores the often violent coming of age of a young Mexican-American woman Cover......Page 1 Sandra Cisneros’s The house on Mango Street......Page 4 Contents......Page 6 Introduction......Page 8 Biographical Sketch......Page 11 The Story Behind the Story......Page 13 List of Characters......Page 16 Summary and Analysis......Page 20 Critical Views......Page 56 Works by Sandra Cisneros......Page 101 Annotated Bibliography......Page 102 Contributors......Page 113 Acknowledgments......Page 115 Index......Page 117 A collection of essays exploring various aspects of Sandra Cisneros' novel "The House on Mango Street."