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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote 'She Walks in Beauty' and 'When We Two Parted;' British poet and leading figure in Romanticism






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






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






4. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






5. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






6. Wrote The Great Gatsby






7. 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






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






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






10. Wrote Wuthering Heights






11. After having an affair with a handsome military man - a woman kills herself; russion - 1970s - psychological novel






12. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






13. Wrote The House on Mango Street






14. An ex- slave is haunted by the memory of the daughter she killed; historical fiction - ghost story; characters include: Baby Suggs - Denver - Sethe






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






21. Wrote 1984 - Animal Farm; dark satire on Stalinist totalitarianism






22. 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






23. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






24. 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






25. 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






26. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






27. A girl (Alice) falls asleep and dreams of a series of adventures; children's novel; fantasy






28. 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






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






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






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






32. Wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray; Irish playwright - poet - and author of numerous short stories and one novel






33. Told in chapters alternating from Lorraine's and John's point of view - opens with an 'Oath -' signed by both John and Lorraine - two high school sophomores - in which they swear to tell only the facts - in this 'memorial epic' about their experience






34. 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






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






36. 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






37. Wrote Charlotte's Web






38. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






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






40. Wrote The Chocolate War






41. 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






42. 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






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






45. Wrote Hatchet






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






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






48. An argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state

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49. Wrote Roll of Thunder






50. 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