AQA (A): Non-exam assessment: Recommended text (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall)
French film director André Techiné had a very clear schema in mind for the presentation of the Brontë sisters in his biopic Les Soeurs Brontë (1979). His aim was to ‘explore definitions of creativity by reading them as different kinds of artist: the officially recognised artist (Charlotte), the mythical figure of the genius (Emily) and the craftsman (Anne)’, notes Lucasta Miller (Miller, p. 151). This taxonomy has dominated representations of the Brontës ever since their early deaths, with Anne’s work always overshadowed by that of her sisters. Through comparing Anne’s second novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, with Sam Baker’s 2016 reboot, The Woman Who Ran, this article will review some of the ways in which the youngest Brontë sister’s radical ideas have been read and received over time.
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