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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. Wrote Watership Down






2. Wrote Out of the Dust






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






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






5. 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






6. Wrote Charlotte's Web






7. Southern gothic novel; bildungsroman; narrator: Scout; serious issues dealing with rape and inequality






8. 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






9. Wrote The Joy Luck Club (widely hailed for its depiction of the Chinese - American experience of the late 20th century)






10. Wrote The Chocolate War






11. 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






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






13. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






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






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






16. Wrote The Glory Field






17. 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






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 '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






20. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






21. Wrote Doctor Faustus






22. A young woman (Esther Greenwood) whose talent and intelligence have brought her close to achieving her dreams must overcome suicidal tendencies






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






24. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






31. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






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






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






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






35. Wrote Walk Two Moons






36. Wrote The House on Mango Street






37. 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






38. Wrote The Aeneid






39. 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






40. Wrote 'The Birth - Mark -' The Scarlet Letter; works are considered part of the Romantic movement (specifically dark romancism)






41. 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






42. Wrote Maniac Magee






43. Wrote Bud Not Buddy - The Watsons Go to Birmingham






44. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






49. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






50. Wrote Johnny Tremain