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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote The Glory Field






2. Wrote Charlotte's Web






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






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






5. Wrote Lord of the Flies - To the Ends of the Earth; British novelist - poet






6. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






7. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






8. Wrote The Pigman






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






10. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






11. 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






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






13. 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






14. Wrote Doctor Faustus






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






16. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






17. '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






18. Wrote Hoot






19. 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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20. Wrote Night






21. 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






22. 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






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






24. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






25. 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






26. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






27. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






28. Wrote Maniac Magee






29. The portrait of a sinful young man ages while the young man depicted in the portrait remains youthful; English Gothic novel






30. Wrote Out of the Dust






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






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






33. 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






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






35. Wrote Crime and Punishment; Russian writer - essayist - philosopher






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






37. 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'






38. Wrote Johnny Tremain






39. A black girl growing up in the South struggles against racism - sexism - and lack of power






40. 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






41. heroic fantasy novel about a small group of British rabbits; Fiver - a young runt rabbit who is a seer - receives a frightening vision of his warren's imminent destruction






42. 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






43. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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44. Wrote The House on Mango Street






45. 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






46. 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






47. 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;






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






49. 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






50. 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