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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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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2. Wrote 'The Birth - Mark -' The Scarlet Letter; works are considered part of the Romantic movement (specifically dark romancism)






3. Wrote The Aeneid






4. 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






5. Wrote The Outsiders






6. Wrote Charlotte's Web






7. Wrote The Weary Blues - The Ways of White Folks - and Not Without Laughter; American poet - novelist - playwright - short story writer - and columnist; early innovator for literary art known as jazz poetry; best known for work during Harlem Renaissan






8. 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






9. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






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






11. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






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






13. 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






14. 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






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






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






17. Wrote Out of the Dust






18. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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






20. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






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






22. Wrote Night






23. 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






24. 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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25. 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






26. Maintains the bird metaphor throughout the poem's ninety - six lines - describing the various 'flights' of five of her children and her concerns about those remaining in the nest

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






28. 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






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






30. 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






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






32. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






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






34. '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






35. Wrote Walk Two Moons






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






37. Wrote The Outsiders






38. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






39. Wrote Jane Eyre






40. Wrote The Hobbit






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






42. Wrote The Chocolate War






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






44. 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.






45. 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






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






47. Wrote Johnny Tremain






48. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






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






50. Wrote The Yearling