Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 270 Seiten)
ISBN:
9789004426627
Series Statement:
Literary modernism volume 8
Content:
"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"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004426597
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Braak, Menno ter, - 1902-1940 Cultural critcism in the Netherlands, 1933-1940 Leiden : Brill Rodopi, 2020 ISBN 9789004426597
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004426627
Author information:
Braak, Menno ter 1902-1940