The Duality of Southern Identity: Connection and Disconnection in Literature and Music
Examining exile in the American South requires investigating how place and estrangement interact. “To know oneself is to know one’s region,” by Flannery O’Connor, in a poignant poem. “It is also to know the world, and it is also, paradoxically, a form of exile from that world” depicts Southerners’ complex relationship with their heritage and...