Rebecca Pohl
Biographic Data
| ID | 3858984 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca Pohl |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca |
| FAMILY NAME | Pohl |
| SIGNATURE | POHL R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Selling difficulty
The description of Christine Brooke-Rose's texts as ‘difficult’ is a pervasive rhetorical commonplace, habitually invoked in interviews, reviews and articles. Brooke-Rose herself contributed to this discourse of difficulty surrounding her work, remaining unapologetic about the demands her writing makes on readers, but also insisting on the pleasure of the text. In this article, I trace the complex relationship between difficulty, pleasure and sal…
British Women Short Story Writers
In 2011 Clare Hemmings challenged feminist scholars to critique the stories we tell about the history of feminism. 1 She argues that a complex array of feminist theory has been narratively smoothed into identifiable waves easily distinguishable by the associated names of theorists. According to Hemmings, social and political transformation, however, are only possible if feminists revisit these stories. The stories we tell matter, she says. The hi…
British Women Short Story Writers
In 2011 Clare Hemmings challenged feminist scholars to critique the stories we tell about the history of feminism. 1 She argues that a complex array of feminist theory has been narratively smoothed into identifiable waves easily distinguishable by the associated names of theorists. According to Hemmings, social and political transformation, however, are only possible if feminists revisit these stories. The stories we tell matter, she says. The hi…
British Women Short Story Writers
In 2011 Clare Hemmings challenged feminist scholars to critique the stories we tell about the history of feminism. 1 She argues that a complex array of feminist theory has been narratively smoothed into identifiable waves easily distinguishable by the associated names of theorists. According to Hemmings, social and political transformation, however, are only possible if feminists revisit these stories. The stories we tell matter, she says. The hi…
Selling difficulty
The description of Christine Brooke-Rose's texts as ‘difficult’ is a pervasive rhetorical commonplace, habitually invoked in interviews, reviews and articles. Brooke-Rose herself contributed to this discourse of difficulty surrounding her work, remaining unapologetic about the demands her writing makes on readers, but also insisting on the pleasure of the text. In this article, I trace the complex relationship between difficulty, pleasure and sal…
Art (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Canadian Identity and History (1 work) · Criticism (1 work) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (1 work) · Feminism (1 work) · Gender Studies (1 work) · History (1 work)