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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote 'Prometheus Unbound -' 'Ode to the West Wind -' and 'To A Skylark'






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






3. Wrote The Eye - the Ear - and the Arm






4. 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






5. Wrote The Great Gatsby






6. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






7. Wrote Holes






8. 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






9. 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






10. Wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer






11. 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






12. 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






13. Wrote Robinson Crusoe; known as the father of the English novel






14. 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






15. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






16. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






17. 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






18. Wrote The Lion - the Witch - and the Wardrobe






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






23. 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






24. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






25. Wrote The Outsiders






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






27. Wrote 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and 'Rip Van Winkle;' American author - essayist - biographer - historian






28. Wrote The Outsiders






29. 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






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. In a futuristic America - a firefighter (Guy Montag) decides to buck society - stop burning books - and start seeking knowledge; themes: censorship - knowledge vs. ignorance - religion as a knowledge giver






32. 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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33. Wrote Ethan Frome






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






35. 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






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






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






38. Wrote 'Self - Reliance;' Transcendentalist poet - essayist - speaker






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






40. Wrote The Hobbit






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






42. 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






43. Wrote Night






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






45. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






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






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






49. Wrote The Aeneid






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