Menton, Seymour, Magic Realism Rediscovered, 1918-1981, Art Alliance Press, 1983.

Menton, an authority on all things Latin American,
discusses the way Magical Realism is manifested in
twentieth-century Latin American literature.

Pena, Carlo Gonzales, History of Mexican Literature, Southern Methodist University Press, 1968.

A thorough overview of Mexican literature through
1943, including an in-depth discussion of Spanish
colonialism on all kinds of Mexican writing.

Washburn, Yulan M., Juan José Arreola, Twayne, 1983.

More criticism and interpretation on the author.