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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. Wrote The Aeneid






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






3. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






4. 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






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






6. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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






8. Wrote Doctor Faustus






9. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






10. Wrote Night






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






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






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






14. 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;






15. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






16. 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






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






18. Wrote Maniac Magee






19. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






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






21. Wrote The Outsiders






22. 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






23. Wrote Hatchet






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






25. Wrote Red Badge of Courage; American novelist - short story writer - poet - journalist - raised in NY and NJ; style and technique: naturalism - realism - impressionism; themes: ideals v. realities - spiritual crisis - fears






26. Wrote Walk Two Moons






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






28. Wrote Hoot






29. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






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






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






32. 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






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






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






35. Wrote Wuthering Heights






36. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






37. Wrote The Pigman






38. 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.






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. Wrote 1984 - Animal Farm; dark satire on Stalinist totalitarianism






41. Wrote The Glory Field






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






43. 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






44. 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






45. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






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






47. Wrote 'Prometheus Unbound -' 'Ode to the West Wind -' and 'To A Skylark'






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






49. Wrote The Joy Luck Club (widely hailed for its depiction of the Chinese - American experience of the late 20th century)






50. Wrote The Outsiders