Cultural Criticism in the Netherlands, 1933-1940 The Newspaper Columns of Menno ter Braak Author: Jacob Boas 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 Pages: xvi, 270 pp. noteworthy not only for their distinctive treatment of disparate Language: English cultural components ranging from literature to the social Subjects: Cultural History, sciences, but also for the light they throw on the extent to which Literature and Cultural Studies, politics intruded on the cultural sphere in the years prior to the Criticism & Theory, Literature outbreak of war. and Cultural Studies, Modernist Ter Braak set a standard for literary criticism of surpassing Studies, Literature and Cultural quality. Moreover, a staunch advocate of democracy, the critic Studies, Contemporary History, joined the battle against fascism, urging fellow intellectuals to History, Intellectual History, rise to the occasion. The ‘conscience of Dutch letters’ killed History himself on the eve of the German occupation, May 1940. Publisher: Brill | Rodopi Readership Series: All interested in the confluence of culture, history, and politics in Literary Modernism, Volume: 8 the turbulent decade of the 1930s: literary and cultural historians, literary critics, historians proper. E-Book (PDF) Publication Date: 17 Aug 2020 ISBN: 978-90-04-42662-7 For more information see brill.com List price EUR €105.00 Hardback Order information: Order online at brill.com The Americas: 1 (860) 350 0041 | [email protected] Publication Date: 20 Aug 2020 Outside the Americas: 44 (0) 1767 604-954 | [email protected] ISBN: 978-90-04-42659-7 Submission information: brill.com/authors List price EUR €105.00.