| Description |
1 online resource (xxxvii, 274 p.) |
| Series |
Children's Literature Association centennial studies ; no. 6 |
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Children's Literature Association centennial studies ; no. 6.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
In Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden: A Children's Classic at 100, some of the most respected 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. Scholars and students of children's literature, women's literature, transcontinental literature, and the Victorian/Edwardian period will find in this collection refreshing new looks at a children's classic |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924. Secret garden.
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| SUBJECT |
Secret garden (Burnett, Frances Hodgson) fast (OCoLC)fst01377588 |
| Subject |
Children's stories, American -- History and criticism
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Gardens in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Children's stories, American.
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Gardens in literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Horne, Jackie C., 1965-
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Sanders, Joe Sutliff
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| LC no. |
2020740442 |
| ISBN |
9780810881884 |
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0810881888 |
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