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I found it really interesting how people were judging Lee's looks compared to Lincoln's and how Lee's own body was sometimes regarded as "already a work of art." (132). Do you think this is why there was such controversy over the Lee monument and how it looked? Also, do you think that Lee's looks helped him embody the idea of "canonical whiteness and moral virtue" among whites in both the South and the North? -ABratchie | I found it really interesting how people were judging Lee's looks compared to Lincoln's and how Lee's own body was sometimes regarded as "already a work of art." (132). Do you think this is why there was such controversy over the Lee monument and how it looked? Also, do you think that Lee's looks helped him embody the idea of "canonical whiteness and moral virtue" among whites in both the South and the North? -ABratchie | ||
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| + | In what ways does Lee represent the Odysseus of an American Odyssey, as Alan Nolan suggests?- DRadtke | ||
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| + | Why do so many people in the South use the argument that the Union had more manpower to justify the South's loss of the War? To me, it seems more than simply a question of the fighting ability of both sides, as this feels like a juvenile point to make. So why does this argument make Lost Causers feel better? - DRadtke | ||
