The Marble Man Book

Lee and his image in american society by thomas lawrence connelly 1977 03 01.

The marble man book.

Lsu press jul 1 1978 history 272 pages. The marble man carries on the re analysis of lee s generalship implicit in fuller s work and goes beyond that to analyze lee as a person. Free shipping on qualifying offers. The marble man robert e.

Lee and his image in american society 1977. The virtuous symbol of lee supplanted any deeper historical or biographical concern. The marble man robert e. Lee and his image in american society paperback january 1 1740.

Lee and his image in american society. A unique study of mythmakers and theft vulnerable subject the confederate general whose army engineer corps background bitter self doubt and family debts ill qualified him for his post bellum stature as symbol of the patrician agricultural view of the old south. Lee and his image in american society paperback january 1 1990 by thomas l. By thomas lawrence connelly the marble man robert e.

Lee was both a military genius and a spiritual leader considered by many southerners and nonsoutherners alike to have been a near. Price new from used from paperback please retry 12 34. Connelly believes the lost cause theory is not based upon historical fact but upon a quasi religious interpretation of fact and therefore it is dogmatic in nature. But it also suggests a cold di stant inhuman figure of stone.

Connelly s the marble man. This book traces the making of the myth allowing the reader to follow how lee transformed from a man to a marble man. The first real crack in the pedestal upon which lee had been placed came in 1977 with the publication of thomas l. Connelly author 3 0 out of 5 stars 1 rating.

Lee and his image in american society. Lee has attained mythological status in american history and culture. Connelly does not stop there for lee is the paragon of the lost cause theory of the civil war. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions.