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The South as Tragic Landscape

Georgia State Universitylarupre{at}emory.edu

Much has been made of the ‘Southern difference’ in cultural and sociological images of the North American landscape. Everything isdifferent there: the cuisine, the music, the religion, and the politics. Moreover, the South was the crucible in which two of the definitive North American experiences were formed: the Civil War (1861–5) and the Civil Rights Movement a century later. This article poses another important category, in addition to ‘race and space’ – namely, the concept of tragedy, and the correlative rendering of the South as ‘America's tragic landscape’.

Key Words: Civil rights • Civil War • race • redemption • the South • tragedy

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