republication of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. In 1850 Charlotte wrote that Subsequent critics paid less attention to Anne's work and some dismissed her as "a Brontë without genius". But since the mid-20th century her life and works have been given better attention. Biographies by Winifred Gérin (1959), Elizabeth Langland (1989) and Edward Chitham (1991), as well as Juliet Barker's group biography, The Brontës (1994; revised edition 2000), and work by critics such as Inga-Stina Ewbank, Marianne Thormählen, Laura C Berry, Jan B Gordon, Mary Summers, and Juliet McMaster has led to acceptance of Anne Brontë as a major literary figure. Sally McDonald of the Brontë Society said in 2013 that in some ways Anne "is now viewed as the most radical of the sisters, writing about tough subjects such as women's need to maintain independence and how alcoholism can tear a family apart." In 2016 Lucy Mangan championed Anne Brontë in the BBC's Being the Brontës, declaring that "her time has come". See also List of feminist literature - 1840s Notes References Alexander, Christine & Smith, Margaret, The Oxford Companion to the Brontës, Oxford University Press, 2006, Barker, Juliet, The Brontës, St. Martin's Pr., Chitham, Edward, A Life of Anne Brontë, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1991, Fraser, Rebeca, The Brontës: Charlotte Brontë and her family, Crown Publishers, 1988, Gérin, Winifred, Anne Brontë, Allen Lane, 1976, Harrison, Ada and Stanford, Derek, Anne Brontë – Her Life and Work, Archon Books, 1970 (first published 1959). Further reading Allott, Miriam, The Brontës: The Critical Heritage, 1984 Barker, Juliet, The Brontës, 2000 (revised edition) Chadwick, Ellis, In the Footsteps of the Brontës, 1982 Chitham, Edward, A Brontë Family Chronology, 2003 Chitham, Edward, A Life of Anne Brontë, 1991 Eagleton, Terry, Myths of Power, 1975 Ellis, Samantha, Take Courage: Anne Brontë and the Art of Life, 2016 Gérin, Winifred, Anne Brontë: A Biography, 1959 Langland, Elizabeth, Anne Brontë: The Other One, 1989 Miller, Lucasta, The Brontë Myth, 2001 Scott, P. J. M., Anne Brontë: A New Critical Assessment, 1983 Summers, Mary, Anne Brontë Educating Parents, 2003 Wise, T. J. and Symington, J. A. (eds.), The Brontës: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondences, 1932 External links Anne Brontë – Her grave in Scarborough Anne Brontë – The Scarborough Connection , biographical materials and complete poems of Anne Brontë Anne Brontë – Writer Of Genius, biographical materials on Anne and her family Anne Bronte at Northwestern University, information