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In Cultural Criticism in the Netherlands, 1933-40, Jacob Boas offers a broad selection of the newspaper columns of legendary Dutch cultural critic Menno ter Braak. Ter Braak’s columns are noteworthy not only for their distinctive treatment of disparate cultural components ranging from literature to the social sciences, but also for the light they throw on the extent to which politics intruded on the cultural sphere in the years prior to the outbreak of war.
Ter Braak set a standard for literary criticism of surpassing quality. Moreover, a staunch advocate of democracy, the critic joined the battle against fascism, urging fellow intellectuals to rise to the occasion. The ‘conscience of Dutch letters’ killed himself on the eve of the German occupation, May 1940.
Ter Braak set a standard for literary criticism of surpassing quality. Moreover, a staunch advocate of democracy, the critic joined the battle against fascism, urging fellow intellectuals to rise to the occasion. The ‘conscience of Dutch letters’ killed himself on the eve of the German occupation, May 1940.
Price: $152.00
Pages: 270
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
20 August 2020
ISBN: 9789004426597
Format: Hardcover
"[...] je inleiding gelezen: heel mooi en informatief, met heel veel sprekende details." – Vic van de Reijt.
"The introduction reads very well, mercurial yet solid." – Prof. Laureen Nussbaum.
"Erudite, highly readable, a sophisticated and welcome contribution to intellectual history.”- Prof. Anthony D'Agostino.
"[...] een heel mooi tijdsbeeld dankzij de artikelen die je hebt uitgekozen." - Ronald Rupp.
"I am thoroughly enjoying your book. I love the way it's laid out." - Craig Florence.
"The introduction reads very well, mercurial yet solid." – Prof. Laureen Nussbaum.
"Erudite, highly readable, a sophisticated and welcome contribution to intellectual history.”- Prof. Anthony D'Agostino.
"[...] een heel mooi tijdsbeeld dankzij de artikelen die je hebt uitgekozen." - Ronald Rupp.
"I am thoroughly enjoying your book. I love the way it's laid out." - Craig Florence.
Jacob Boas, Ph.D. (1977), University of California, Riverside, has published articles on various subjects, several books on the Holocaust and Writers’ Block, the Paris Antifascist Congress of 1935 (2016).