Further Reading
- Additional coverage of Arreola's life and career is available in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Contemporary Authors, Vols. 113, 131; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vol. 81; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 113; Discovering Authors: Multicultural Authors Module; Hispanic Literature Criticism, Vol. 1; Hispanic Writers, Vols. 1, 2; Literature of Developing Nations for Students, Vol. 2; Literature Resource Center; and Short Story Criticism, Vol. 38.
- Burt, John R., “This Is No Way to Run a Railroad: Arreola's Allegorical Railroad and a Possible Source,” Hispania 71, No. 4 (December 1988): 806–11. (Burt examines how Arreola uses the image of the railroad both literally and allegorically in “El guardagujas.” Compares Arreola's “The Switchman” to Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1843 story “The Celestial Railroad.”)
- Herz, Theda M., “Artistic Iconoclasm in Mexico: Countertexts of Arreola, Agustín, Avilés and Hiriart,” Chasqui: Revista de literatura latinoamericana 18, No. 1 (May 1989): 17-25. (Argues that Arreola's “subversions of the artistic tradition … mark the successful insertion of ironic poetic license and of fictional insurgency into Mexican letters” and claims that Arreola's works serve as inspiration for Avilés and Hiriart.)
- Menton, Seymour, “Juan José Arreola and the Twentieth Century Short Story,” Hispania XLII, No. 3 (September 1959): 295–308. (Menton, a professor at the University of Kansas and a friend of Arreola's, explores the links between Arreola's work and world literature.)
- Washburn, Yulan M., Juan José Arreola. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1983, 143 p. (Overview of Arreola's life and works.)
- Washburn, Yulan M., “An Ancient Mold for Contemporary Casting: The Beast Book of Juan,” Hispania 56 (April 1973): 295–300. (Washburn discusses how Arreola's Bestiario is linked to the literary tradition of the bestiary.)
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