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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






2. 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






3. Wrote Walk Two Moons






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






5. 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.






6. Wrote The House on Mango Street






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






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






9. 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






10. 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






11. Wrote 'Civil Disobedience;' American author - poet - naturalist - tax resister - development critic - surveyor - historian - philosopher - and leading transcendentalist






12. Wrote Wuthering Heights






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






14. Wrote The Aeneid






15. Wrote Johnny Tremain






16. Wrote Charlotte's Web






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






19. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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20. Wrote Roll of Thunder






21. Wrote The Outsiders






22. Wrote The Great Gatsby






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






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






25. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






26. Wrote The Chocolate War






27. 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






28. 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






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






30. 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;






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






40. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






41. 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






42. 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






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






47. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






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






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






50. Wrote The Pigman