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a children's classic at 100

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Frances Hodgson Burnett's The secret garden

a children's classic at 100

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.

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Cover of: Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: A Children's Classic at 100
2011, Scarecrow Press, Incorporated
in English
Cover of: Frances Hodgson Burnett's The secret garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett's The secret garden: a children's classic at 100
2011, Children's Literature Association and the Scarecrow Press, Scarecrow Press
in English

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Table of Contents

Maiden, mother, mysteries : the myth of Persephone in The secret garden / Holly Blackford
When Mary met Cathy : Frances Hodgson Burnett in Brontë country / Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
Mothers of Misselthwaite : mothering work and space in The secret garden / Meredith R. Ackroyd
A real person, only nicer : the robin as companion species / Jennifer Marchant
Place of transformation in The secret garden / Alun Morgan
Outing the garden : queerness and queer space in The secret garden / Lori N. Brister
The three veils : death, mourning, and the afterlife in The secret garden / Jen Cadwallader
Healing national manhood in The secret garden / Maureen M. Martin
Burnett's secret spaces : glimpses of utopia / Marilyn Pemberton
Not-so-secret gardens : eroding Eden in contemporary children's literature / Claudia Mills
Imag(in)ing the garden : illustrators' interpretations of Burnett's classic novel / Anne K. Phillips
Crippling Colin : disability in two film versions of the secret garden / Martha Stoddard Holmes
The secret garden : absence makes the heart grow fonder / Roderick McGillis.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Lanham, Md
Series
Children's Literature Association centennial studies -- no. 6

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.4
Library of Congress
PS1214.S43 F73 2011, PS1214.S43F73 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
312

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24823410M
ISBN 13
9780810881877, 9780810881884
LCCN
2011007663
OCLC/WorldCat
705568169

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