Frances Hodgson Burnett's The secret garden
Subtitle: a children's classic at 100
By: edited by Jackie C. Horne, Joe Sutliff Sanders
Series: Children's Literature Association centennial studies -- no. 6
Publisher: Children's Literature Association and the Scarecrow Press; Scarecrow Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780810881877; 9780810881884
Subjects: Gardens in literature; History and criticism; Children's stories, American
Description: Scholars of children's literature consider Burnett's seminal work from modern critical perspectives. Contributors examine the works and authors that influenced Burnett, identify authors who have drawn on The Secret Garden in their writing, and situate the novel in historical and theoretical contexts. --from publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Maiden, mother, mysteries : the myth of Persephone in The secret garden / Holly Blackford; title: When Mary met Cathy : Frances Hodgson Burnett in Brontë country / Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina; title: Mothers of Misselthwaite : mothering work and space in The secret garden / Meredith R. Ackroyd; title: A real person, only nicer : the robin as companion species / Jennifer Marchant; title: Place of transformation in The secret garden / Alun Morgan; title: Outing the garden : queerness and queer space in The secret garden / Lori N. Brister; title: The three veils : death, mourning, and the afterlife in The secret garden / Jen Cadwallader; title: Healing national manhood in The secret garden / Maureen M. Martin; title: Burnett's secret spaces : glimpses of utopia / Marilyn Pemberton; title: Not-so-secret gardens : eroding Eden in contemporary children's literature / Claudia Mills; title: Imag(in)ing the garden : illustrators' interpretations of Burnett's classic novel / Anne K. Phillips; title: Crippling Colin : disability in two film versions of the secret garden / Martha Stoddard Holmes; title: The secret garden : absence makes the heart grow fonder / Roderick McGillis.