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| FAQ Q- When was the hey-day of Southern Literature? A- The Nullification Crisis of 1830 was a high water mark for the development of Southern consciousness as a distinct region. World War I marked the beginning of the end of the Southern feeling of distinctiveness within the broader American society. After World War I Southern writers like William Faulkner began to focus on a defeated and self-loathing South, and began to create main characters who as often as not committed suicide. The 90 year epoch from 1830 to 1920 was the true Golden Age of Southern Literature, because while it was regionally self conscious, it had not yet succumbed to the self loathing that so characterized 20th century Southern writers. It was 1830 until 1920 when the South mustered its creative and intellectual energy in an effort to define itself in defiant tones. Southerners sought to justify the conservative plantation society against shrill yankee criticism. The failed War for Southern Independence and its ensuing carpet-bag occupation and atrocities left confusion, rage and new social and racial fault-lines which cried out for literary exploration. By the waning decades of the nineteenth century, Southerners still faced haughty Northern reproach for the memory of their grandparents' "peculiar institution" and the burgeoning industrial society sparked nostalgia for a simpler, more pastoral almost mythic time before the unpleasantness of war, occupation and as some saw it, colonization. Drawing on childhood memories, and free from the constraints of the antebellum social order, the writers of the period, especially Joel Chandler Harris painted mesmerizing pictures of plantation life in the South. In their day, these authors, especially Simms, were considered among the finest that America had ever produced. A- Tragically, their works have largely been erased from popular consciousness. They are no longer taught on college campuses. They have been deleted from anthologies. No other audio-book seller offers these classics. One plausible explanation is that these authors works do not fit the template for American literature that current academics wish to convey. For example, these authors do not portray Southerners as always being stupid or evil or racists. Fortunately, we are now able to offer these great Southern classics in CD audio format here at DixieAudio.com! Please visit us often, as we will continually be adding new products such as Uncle Remus stories (all read in their original dialect), other short stories from Harry Stillwell Edwards, and many more fine tales from the Old South. A—Yes. We don’t save your credit card information on any computer and all transactions are over a 256bit encryption. That means it is probably safer than giving your credit card to a waitress/waiter at a restaurant. If you have any questions please email us at UncleRemus@DixielandClassics.com and we will get with you shortly.
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