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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A black girl growing up in the South struggles against racism - sexism - and lack of power






2. 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






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






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






5. Inspired by witch's prophecy - a man murders his way to the throne of Scotland - but his conscience plagues him and his fellow lords rise up against him; themes: unchecked ambition as a corrupting force - relationship between cruelty and masculinity






6. Wrote Holes






7. 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'






8. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






9. A Trojan (Aeneas) destined to found Rome - undergoes many trials on land and sea during his journey to Italy - finally defeating the Latin Turnus and avenging the murder of Pallas.






10. 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






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






12. Wrote The Yearling






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






14. 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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15. Wrote Watership Down






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






17. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






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






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






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






21. Wrote 'Aurora Leigh -' poet of the Victorian era






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






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






24. 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






25. A monomaniacal captain tries and fails to kill a monstrous white whale; adventure story - quest tale - allegory; protagonist: Ishmael - Ahab; antogonist: Ahab - great white sperm whale






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






27. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






28. Wrote The Awakening - The Storm; feminist author of the 20th century; born in St. Louis - Missouri






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






30. Wrote Sounder






31. Wrote The House on Mango Street






32. A group of poor kids (greasers) hold their own against a group of rich kids (socials aka socs) - losing two of their own in the process; protagonist: Ponyboy Curtis; bildungsroman; setting 1960s






33. Wrote Night






34. Wrote The Great Gatsby






35. 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






36. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






37. 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






38. Wrote Beloved - The Bluest Eye - and Song of Soloman; female - African - American writer - won Pulitzer Prize in 1988






39. Wrote Johnny Tremain






40. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






41. 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






42. Wrote Jane Eyre






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






44. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






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






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

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47. 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






48. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






49. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






50. Wrote The Hobbit