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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Bildungsroman; after being expelled from a prep school - a 16- year - old boy (Holden Caulfield) goes to NYC - where he reflects on the phoniness of adults and heads towards a nervous breakdown






2. 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






3. Wrote The Chocolate War






4. Wrote The Hobbit






5. Wrote Roll of Thunder






6. Wrote Watership Down






7. Wrote Doctor Faustus






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






9. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






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






11. Wrote Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - editor of 'The North Star -' abolitionist - was self - educated slave






12. Wrote 'In Reference to her Children;' English - American writer - first notable American poet; first woman to be published in Colonial America






13. Wrote Maniac Magee






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






15. Wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; African - American autobiographer and poet






16. Wrote 'A Fisherman -' 'The Second Coming -' and 'Easter 1916;' Irish poet and dramatist; foremost figures of 20th century literature; British WWI poet






17. Wrote Charlotte's Web






18. set in modern times and focuses on the current circumstances of Stanley Yelnats - an unfortunate - unlucky young man who is sent to Camp Green Lake for a crime he didn't commit






19. Wrote Holes






20. A naive young man (Henry Fleming) matures as a result of fighting in the Civil War






21. 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






22. A pampered dog (Buck) adjusts to the harsh realities of life in the North as he struggles with his recovered wild instincts and finds a master (John Thorton) who treats him right; novel - adventure story - setting late 1890s






23. Wrote Sounder






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






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






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






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






28. 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






29. Wrote The Outsiders






30. 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






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






32. Wrote The Diary of a Young Girl (autobiographical literature set between 1942-1944) 1st published in 1952 - chronicles her life in Nazi Germany






33. Wrote 'She Walks in Beauty' and 'When We Two Parted;' British poet and leading figure in Romanticism






34. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






35. 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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36. 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






37. 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






38. 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






39. Wrote A Farewell to Arms - The Old Man and the Sea - and The Sun Also Rises; American writer and journalist; veteran of WWI - belongs to literary movement called 'The Lost Generation'






40. Wrote 'On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer -' 'To Autumn -' and 'Bright Star - Would I Were Stedfast As Thou Art;' English poet in Romantic movement during early 19th century; motifs include departures and reveries - the five sense and art - and th






41. Wrote Shiloh






42. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






43. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






44. Wrote Robinson Crusoe; known as the father of the English novel






45. Wrote The Great Gatsby






46. A man is shipwrecked on an island - where he lives for more than 20 years - fending off cannibals and creating a pleasant life for himself






47. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






48. Wrote The Real McCoy: The Life of an American Inventor






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






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