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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote Holes






2. Wrote The Outsiders






3. Wrote 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock -' 'The Waste Land' and 'The Hollow Men;' British WWI poet - playwright - and literary critic






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






5. Wrote Watership Down






6. 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






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






8. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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






10. Wrote Night






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






12. Wrote Maniac Magee






13. 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






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






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 David Copperfield - Great Expectations; English novelist during Victorian era






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. 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






25. 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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26. 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






27. 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






28. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






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






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






32. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






33. Wrote Billy Budd - Sailor; Moby Dick; classified as a Dark Romantic; American novelist - short story writer - essayist - and poet






34. Wrote The House on Mango Street






35. 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






36. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






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






38. 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






39. Wrote Hoot






40. 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






41. Wrote The Yearling






42. Wrote Wuthering Heights






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






44. Wrote Shiloh






45. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






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






47. 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






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






49. Wrote Out of the Dust






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