The Marble Man Book

The first real crack in the pedestal upon which lee had been placed came in 1977 with the publication of thomas l.

The marble man book. This is the contradiction that thomas connelly took up in his remarkable book t h e marble man. Lee and his image in american society paperback january 1 1990 by thomas l. The marble man robert e. Lee and his image in american society 1977.

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. Lee was both a military genius and a spiritual leader considered by many southerners and nonsoutherners alike to have been a near. 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.

Lsu press jul 1 1978 history 272 pages. Lee and his image in american society. Connelly author 3 0 out of 5 stars 1 rating. But it also suggests a cold di stant inhuman figure of stone.

See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The iconoclastic connelly examined the deification of lee and detailed the conscious effort behind this process by lee s fellow virginians. Lee and his image in american society by thomas lawrence connelly 1977 03 01. By thomas lawrence connelly the marble man robert e.

The marble man robert e. Free shipping on qualifying offers. 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.

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. Free shipping on qualifying offers. 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.