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The Secret Garden [Norton Critical Edition]

par Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Born in England and transplanted to New York toward the end of the Civil War, Burnett made her home in both countries, and today both countries claim her as their own. The Secret Garden, her best-known work, became an instant modern classic and world-wide bestseller upon its publication in 1911. The text of this Norton Critical Edition is based on the first edition and is accompanied by explanatory annotations."Backgrounds and Contexts" and "Letters" illuminate important aspects of Burnett's life and work and include her own writings on gardens and their spiritual healing. Four illustrations point to Burnett's prominence in popular culture."Criticism" includes fourteen contemporary reviews and nine recent critical views of The Secret Garden, including Jerry Phillips's sociopolitical interpretation and Phyllis Bixler's comparative analysis of the Broadway musical adaptation of the novel.A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.… (plus d'informations)
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I don't that much care for the novel itself, but I rate this Norton Critical at 4**** for its supplementary materials. ( )
  CurrerBell | Oct 7, 2017 |
I first read this wonderful and evocative story at around age eleven (it was likely one of the first longer novels I read entirely in English). I simply adored [b:The Secret Garden|38637|The Secret Garden|Frances Hodgson Burnett|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160922s/38637.jpg|3186437] when I read it as a young teenager (or rather, a tween), I continued to love it when I reread it multiple times while at university, and I still loved the novel when I recently reread the story for the Children's Literature Group on Goodreads (and continue to love it).

I honestly think that I enjoyed [b:The Secret Garden|38637|The Secret Garden|Frances Hodgson Burnett|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160922s/38637.jpg|3186437] even more this time than the times I read the book when I was younger (and that is saying a lot). When I first read this book as a child, I was enchanted by the garden (and of course, the Robin), and I really liked and enjoyed reading about the Sowerbys, but I did kind of see both Mary and Colin as somewhat spoiled and selfish (I understood their problems and felt empathy, but I also felt a bit annoyed at and by them, something that I certainly did not experience as much during my recent reread). I believe that most, if not all of both Mary's and Colin's problems (be they emotional or physical) are the result of parental abandonment and emotional neglect (maybe even abuse). They act and react towards the world the way the world (or most of the world) has always acted and reacted towards them. And without the garden, but also without characters like Martha, Susan and Dickon Sowerby, without Ben Weatherstaff and the Robin, there would never have been any change in and for Mary (or not enough change), and by extension, there would never have been any change in and for Colin and his father.

One interesting and thought-provoking aspect of this novel is that there actually seems to be a real and almost palpable absence of nurturing father figures throughout (except maybe Dickon, but he is just a boy and in many ways resembles more a Pan-like nature deity, and Ben Weatherstaff really is too old and curmudgeonly to be considered nurturing and fatherly). We have nurturing mother figures portrayed who aid Mary, and later Colin in their recovery (Susan and Martha Sowerby, and even Mary becomes somewhat of a motherly figure towards Colin), but we never see or hear much about a Mr. Sowerby (he is a complete nonentity). And while much is made of the fact that Mary Lennox' mother did not seem to want her child (a fact that is rightfully criticised), the fact that Mr. Lennox did not trouble himself much about his daughter either, while mentioned briefly, is seemingly accepted (or at least more accepted). Also, while the fact that Mr. Craven has spiritually and emotionally abandoned Colin, and cannot stand to see him when he's awake because his son's eyes remind him of the boy's dead mother is noted in the novel, it is not (at least in my opinion) subject to the same criticism that Mary's emotional and spiritual abandonment by her mother is. I know that the death of Mr. Craven's wife was very traumatic for him, but both Mr. Carven's and Mrs. Lennox' actions, or rather their lack of love and acceptance towards their children have had horrible psychological consequences, basically turning both of them into emotional cripples, and Colin into a hysterical hypochondriac.

[b:The Secret Garden|38637|The Secret Garden|Frances Hodgson Burnett|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160922s/38637.jpg|3186437] clearly and lastingly demonstrates that children (no, anyone) can only show love, can only be lovable, if they have experienced love themselves. In the beginning of the novel, Mary is described as tyrannical, unpleasant, thoroughly "unlovable" and somewhat odd. But how can Mary know anything about love, if she has never experienced love? Her parents certainly do not seem to want her, and she has basically been abandoned to the care of servants, who have also been instructed to keep Mary out of the way (and in her innermost soul, Mary likely realises this and resents this). Mary's temper tantrums towards her Ayah and other servants, her desire to always get her own way, are not merely Mary imitating the behaviour she witnesses among the ex-pat community in India (although that likely also has a part to play). I believe in many ways, the servants act as representatives of her absent parents, and by lashing out at the servants, Mary is also lashing out at her careless, unloving, absent parents.

And even when Mary first arrives at Misselthwaite, there is still a real danger that she will never be able to change, to emerge out of her shell (or to change enough, for at least in England, Mary has the opportunity to go outside and play/run, which was not possible in India due to the hot, stiflingly humid climate); many of the inhabitants of the manor, but especially Mrs. Medlock and Mr. Craven regard Mary, or seem to regard Mary the same way that her parents did, either not at all, or as a cumbersome, even loathsome burden. Without Martha, Dickon, and the influence of Martha's mother (Mrs. Sowerby), and of course, Ben Weatherstaff and the Robin (who is a bird, but might represent the spirit of Colin's mother), not much would likely have changed for Mary or within Mary. There might have been some physical improvement of her health, but her mental health, her soul would have remained sour and disagreeable.

I have to admit that I do have a bit of a problem with the fact that so many of the adults in the novel (even people like Martha and Susan Sowerby) keep bringing up the fact that Mary's mother was supposedly very beautiful, and that in many ways, Mary is often judged negatively because she is plain, while her mother was considered very beautiful. However, Mary's mother does not care about her daughter, and had, in fact, never wanted a daughter; her careless, unloving attitude (and that of her husband as well) is reflected in Mary's countenance, her whole being. Thus, even though Mrs. Lennox might have been physically attractive, she basically has a careless and unloving (ugly) soul, which is reflected in her daughter (both spiritually and physically).

This "Norton Critical Edition" of [b:The Secret Garden|38637|The Secret Garden|Frances Hodgson Burnett|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160922s/38637.jpg|3186437] (which was published in 2006) is to be highly recommended, especially for anyone interested in both the novel (the narrative) and its historical contexts, diverse critical voices etc., as it provides not only the text proper (which is simply magical, of course), but also much supplemental information and materials about Frances Hodgson Burnett and her timeless literary classic. And although I do not think that this edition lists every piece of extant literary criticism on [b:The Secret Garden|38637|The Secret Garden|Frances Hodgson Burnett|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160922s/38637.jpg|3186437], there is a goodly amount presented, as well as a good, although not extensive selected bibliography (a more than adequate starting point for serious academic research). ( )
  gundulabaehre | Mar 31, 2013 |
My second grade teacher read it to our class. I never wanted the story to end!
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  JDHoliday | Jan 24, 2016 |
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Born in England and transplanted to New York toward the end of the Civil War, Burnett made her home in both countries, and today both countries claim her as their own. The Secret Garden, her best-known work, became an instant modern classic and world-wide bestseller upon its publication in 1911. The text of this Norton Critical Edition is based on the first edition and is accompanied by explanatory annotations."Backgrounds and Contexts" and "Letters" illuminate important aspects of Burnett's life and work and include her own writings on gardens and their spiritual healing. Four illustrations point to Burnett's prominence in popular culture."Criticism" includes fourteen contemporary reviews and nine recent critical views of The Secret Garden, including Jerry Phillips's sociopolitical interpretation and Phyllis Bixler's comparative analysis of the Broadway musical adaptation of the novel.A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.

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