Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden

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.

Jackie C. Horne is a former children's book editor and has taught courses as an assistant professor at the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College. She is the co-editor of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows: A Children's Classic at 100 (Scarecrow, 2010) and author of History and the Construction of the Child in Early British Children's Literature (2011). Joe Sutliff Sanders is assistant professor of English at Kansas State University, where he teaches children's literature. He is the author of Disciplining Girls: Understanding the Origins of the Classic Orphan Girl Story.