Often, "the South" is defined, for historical as well as geographical reasons, as the states of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Kentucky, West Virginia and Arkansas.[5] Pre-Civil War definitions of the South often included Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware as well. However, "the South" is also a social, political, economic, and cultural construct that transcends these geographical boundaries.[6]
5. Joseph M. Flora & Lucinda H. MacKethan (eds.) The Companion to Southern Literature: Themes, Genres, Places, People, Movements, and Motifs, Louisiana State University Press, 2001. These are the states as listed in this study.
6. Greeson, Jennifer. Our South: Geographic Fantasy and the Rise of National Literature. Harvard University Press.
Our offerings will vary season-to-season and year-to-year as the complexities of our world give us new topics to discuss, but you can expect to see some of the following over time: Tennessee Williams, Beth Henley, Marsha Norman, Dael Orlandersmith, Steve Yockey, Katori Hall, Roy Blount, Jr., Lillian Hellman, Lauren Gunderson, and many other Southern-based or Southern-born playwrights. Plays may be written by Southern playwrights, feature the South as the major setting or environment, or be envisioned through the lens of Southern culture.
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