The Marble Man Book

By thomas lawrence connelly the marble man robert e.

The marble man book.

The marble man robert e. 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. The marble man robert e. The virtuous symbol of lee supplanted any deeper historical or biographical concern.

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. Lee has attained mythological status in american history and culture. The first real crack in the pedestal upon which lee had been placed came in 1977 with the publication of thomas l. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions.

Lee and his image in american society. But it also suggests a cold di stant inhuman figure of stone. Lee was both a military genius and a spiritual leader considered by many southerners and nonsoutherners alike to have been a near. Lee and his image in american society paperback january 1 1990 by thomas l.

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. Connelly does not stop there for lee is the paragon of the lost cause theory of the civil war. Lsu press jul 1 1978 history 272 pages. Lee and his image in american society.

Connelly s the marble man. The iconoclastic connelly examined the deification of lee and detailed the conscious effort behind this process by lee s fellow virginians. Price new from used from paperback please retry 12 34. This book traces the making of the myth allowing the reader to follow how lee transformed from a man to a marble man.

This is the contradiction that thomas connelly took up in his remarkable book t h e marble man. Free shipping on qualifying offers. Lee and his image in american society paperback january 1 1740. Lee and his image in american society by thomas lawrence connelly 1977 03 01.