[lit-ideas] Re: Fw: Re: Disbelief
- From: Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 11:05:01 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
I meant to add that it sounded to me like the editor's war genes were
expressing themselves. Over and over Hitler was the Man, the Man. Given our
inability to stay out of war, no wonder I suppose. What's the difference
between military and barbaric?
http://www.time.com/time/subscriber/personoftheyear/archive/stories/1938.html
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From: Robert Paul <Robert.Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Dec 21, 2004 3:28 PM
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Fw: Re: Disbelief
>Those issues are before the war and during the war. I assume the horrors that
history revealed were not documented in them.<
I pointed to A. Hitler and J. Stalin's appearances in response to the suggestion
that it was some sort of honor to appear on TIME'S cover as Man/Woman/Person of
the year. This is a common misapprehension. But it's true that in 1942 at least,
Stalin was presented favorably.
I see that Stalin was on the cover twice: in 1939 (he followed Hitler) and in
1942. The 1942 story stresses the heroism of the Russian people, etc. I haven't
read the other two but I'd like to see what TIME's editors had to say about
Stalin in 1939. The Hitler cover isn't just a mug shot of Hitler; it's like
something out of Hieronymus Bosch:
http://www.time.com/time/personoftheyear/archive/covers/1938.html
Someone who subscribes to TIME might retrieve the story for us (there's a link
to it). Otherwise it costs $4.95.
Robert Paul
Reed College
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