Kiss of the Spider Woman | Essays and Criticism

  • The Narrative Technique in Puig's Novel

    In the following essay, Liz Brent discusses narrative technique in Puig 's novel Kiss of the Spider Woman.

  • Odd Coupling: Kiss of the Spider Woman

    In the following essay on Argentinian author Puig's Kiss of the Spider Woman, author Jonathan Tittler speculates on the success of the novel to transcend its boundaries of genre (from novel to film, play, drama, and musical comedy). Tittler proposes that this is Puig's most powerful—and most explicit—novel, not only because of the taboo themes it addresses (most notably homosexuality and revolution), but also how the writing itself interacts with these themes.

  • Kiss of the Spider Woman: Overview

    In the following review, Barbara P. Fulks outlines the theme of Puig's Kiss of the Spider Woman, the polemical nature of sexuality and revolutionary politics. Fulk calls attention to Puig's "innovative" narrative techniques, as well as his uses of themes and techniques which call into question such wide-ranging issues as assumptions of gender identity, language, and psychoanalytic and Marxist theory.