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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. Wrote The Yearling






2. Wrote Night






3. Wrote Red Badge of Courage; American novelist - short story writer - poet - journalist - raised in NY and NJ; style and technique: naturalism - realism - impressionism; themes: ideals v. realities - spiritual crisis - fears






4. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






5. Wrote My Antonia; prolific during the 1920s - reputation as one of the most important post - Civil War American authors






6. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






7. Wrote 'The Road Not Taken;' American poet; highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech; won Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry four times






8. 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






9. A group of English boys (Jack - Piggy - Ralph - Roger - Sam - Eric - and Simon) - marooned on an island - rapidly turn lawless and bloodthirsty






10. Wrote The House on Mango Street






11. Wrote The Great Gatsby






12. 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






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






14. Wrote Sounder






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






16. Wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God; 20th century African - American writer; folklorist during the Harlem Renaissance






17. Wrote A Wrinkle in Time - A Swiftly Tilting Planet - A Wind in the Door - The Small Rain - 24 Days before Christmas

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18. A self - made man (Gatsby) woos and loses a married aristocratic woman (Daisy) he loves






19. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






20. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






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






22. Wrote 'Civil Disobedience;' American author - poet - naturalist - tax resister - development critic - surveyor - historian - philosopher - and leading transcendentalist






23. Wrote 'Prometheus Unbound -' 'Ode to the West Wind -' and 'To A Skylark'






24. 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






25. Wrote The Eye - the Ear - and the Arm






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






27. Wrote 'We Are Seven -' 'The Prelude -' and 'The World is Too Much With Us;' English Romantic poet; joint publication of 'Lyrical Ballads' with Samuel Taylor Coleridge; motifs: wanders vs wandering - memory - vision/sight - light - leech gatherer; bel






28. 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






29. Wrote Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: 20th century Irish author






30. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






31. 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;






32. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






33. In an attempt to prove a theory - a student (Raskolnikov) murders two women - after which he suffers greatly from guilt and worry; psychological drama - setting in the 1860s






34. Wrote The Glory Field






35. Wrote Roll of Thunder






36. Wrote Holes






37. Wrote Charlotte's Web






38. Wrote Ethan Frome






39. Wrote Anna Karenina - War and Peace; Russian writer - realistic fiction






40. Wrote The Call of the Wild - Sea - Wolf - White Fang






41. Wrote 'History of a Nun;' prolific dramatist of the Restoration (18th century) - one of the first English female writers






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






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






44. 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






45. Wrote The Color Purple; American author - self - declared feminist and womanist; won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction






46. Four March sisters (Amy - Jo - Beth - Meg) in 19th century New England struggle with poverty - juggle their duties - and their desire to find love






47. Wrote Walk Two Moons






48. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






49. Southern gothic novel; bildungsroman; narrator: Scout; serious issues dealing with rape and inequality






50. The protagonist of the story is a boy named Sandy whose family must deal with a variety of struggles imposed upon them due to their race and class in society in addition to relating to one another