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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote The Glory Field






2. Wrote Maniac Magee






3. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






4. Wrote The Invisible Man - The War of the Worlds - The Time Machine






5. Wrote The Joy Luck Club (widely hailed for its depiction of the Chinese - American experience of the late 20th century)






6. Wrote The Bell Jar; born during the great depression






7. Wrote Doctor Faustus






8. It is set in a future society which is at first presented as a utopian society and gradually appears more and more dystopian; therefore - it could be considered anti - utopian; the novel follows a boy named Jonas through the twelfth year of his life;






9. Wrote The Yearling






10. NOT anti - society or anti - community; presupposes that the mind is initially the subject to an unhappy conformity; calls on individuals to value their own thoughts - opinions - experiences above those presented to them by other individuals - societ

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11. Wrote Leaves of Grass; celebrated the freedom and dignity of the individual and sang the praises of democracy






12. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






13. Book written by George Orwell - announced an insane world of dehumanization through terror in which the individual was systematically obliterated by an all - power elite; key phrases: Big Brother - doublethink - Newspeak - the Ministry of Peace...Tru






14. Wrote 'Self - Reliance;' Transcendentalist poet - essayist - speaker






15. Wrote The Hobbit






16. 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate;' Shakespearean couplet with ABAB CDCE EFEF GG rhyme scheme






17. Wrote Night






18. Wrote Jane Eyre






19. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






20. A great warrior - goes to Denmark on a successful mission to kill Grendel; he returns home to Geatland - where he becomes king and slays a dragon before dying; poem; alliterative verse - elegy - small scale heroic epic; author unknown; setting around






21. A group of Chinese mothers and their American - born daughters struggle to communicate and understand each other; four families dipicted Woo - Jong - Hsu - and St. Clair






22. Wrote 'Wild Nights -- Wild Nights!;' 'I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died -' and 'Because I Could Not Stop For Death --;' 19th century poet; major themes: flowers/gardens - the master poems - morbidity - gospel poems - the undiscovered continent; irregula






23. Wrote The Fall of the House of Usher - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - and The Raven; wrote poems: 'To Science -' 'The City and the Sea -' and 'Silence;' American writer - poet - editor and literary critic; part of American Romantic Movement






24. In a futuristic America - a firefighter (Guy Montag) decides to buck society - stop burning books - and start seeking knowledge; themes: censorship - knowledge vs. ignorance - religion as a knowledge giver






25. After surviving a poverty - stricken childhood - the death of his mother - a cruel stepfather - and an unfortunate first marriage - a boys finds success as a writer; themes: plight of the weak - importance of equality in marriage - dangers of wealth






26. Wrote The Lion - the Witch - and the Wardrobe






27. Wrote The Outsiders






28. Epic/novel poem written in blank verse and encompasses nine books (the woman's number - the number of the prophetic books of Sibyl)






29. After two marriages to oppressive men - a woman (Janie Crawford) finds temporary happiness with a husband twelve years her junior; themes: the illusion of power - non - necessity of relationships - folkloric quality of religion






30. Wrote Shiloh






31. Wrote Holes






32. Wrote 'Any Human to Another -' 'Color -' and 'The Ballad of the Brown Girl;' American Romantic poet; leading African - American poets of his time; associated with generation of poets of the Harlem Renaissance






33. Wrote Sonnet 18 - Hamlet - and Macbeth; greatest playwright who ever lived - prolific poet - known for sonnets






34. Gothic novel; a scientist creates a monster - and then abandons it in horror - a decision that leads to disaster and the deaths of nearly everyone he loves






35. Wrote The Story of My Life and The Frost King; American author - political activist - lecturer; first deafblind person to earn BA






36. Maintains the bird metaphor throughout the poem's ninety - six lines - describing the various 'flights' of five of her children and her concerns about those remaining in the nest

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37. Wrote Roll of Thunder






38. An impoverished young woman (Jane) struggles to maintain her autonomy in the face of oppression - prejudice - and love; Gothic novel - bildungsroman - social portest novel






39. Wrote Frankenstein; Romantic British novelist - short story writer - dramatist - essayist - biographer - travel writer






40. Wrote The House on Mango Street






41. Wrote 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock -' 'The Waste Land' and 'The Hollow Men;' British WWI poet - playwright - and literary critic






42. Wrote David Copperfield - Great Expectations; English novelist during Victorian era






43. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






44. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






45. Wrote Wuthering Heights






46. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






47. A group of animals mount a successful rebellion against the farmer who rules them - but their dreams of equality for all are ruined when one pig seizes power; novella - dystopian animal fable






48. Wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer






49. Wrote Walk Two Moons






50. Wrote Bud Not Buddy - The Watsons Go to Birmingham