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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote Walk Two Moons






2. 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






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






4. Wrote Sounder






5. 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






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






7. Wrote The Aeneid






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






14. Wrote Hatchet






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






16. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






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. 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






19. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






20. Wrote Out of the Dust






21. 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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22. 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






23. Wrote Jane Eyre






24. Wrote The Outsiders






25. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






26. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






27. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






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






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






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






31. Wrote Holes






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






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






34. 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






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






36. 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






37. Wrote Wuthering Heights






38. 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






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






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






41. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






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






43. Wrote A Farewell to Arms - The Old Man and the Sea - and The Sun Also Rises; American writer and journalist; veteran of WWI - belongs to literary movement called 'The Lost Generation'






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






45. Wrote Maniac Magee






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






47. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






48. 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






49. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






50. Wrote Charlotte's Web