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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. Wrote Shiloh






2. Wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; African - American autobiographer and poet






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






4. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






5. 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






6. Wrote Jane Eyre






7. Wrote The Outsiders






8. Four March sisters (Amy - Jo - Beth - Meg) in 19th century New England struggle with poverty - juggle their duties - and their desire to find love






9. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






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






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






13. 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






14. A naive young man (Henry Fleming) matures as a result of fighting in the Civil War






15. 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






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






17. Wrote Roll of Thunder






18. Wrote Sounder






19. 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'






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






21. Wrote The House on Mango Street






22. 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;






23. 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






24. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






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






26. 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






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






28. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






29. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






30. 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






31. 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






32. Wrote Holes






33. Wrote Walk Two Moons






34. Wrote The Yearling






35. Wrote Ethan Frome






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






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






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






39. 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






40. 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






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






42. 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






43. 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






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






45. Wrote Out of the Dust






46. 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






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






48. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






49. 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






50. Wrote The Canterbury Tales