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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. An impoverished young woman (Jane) struggles to maintain her autonomy in the face of oppression - prejudice - and love; Gothic novel - bildungsroman - social portest novel






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






3. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






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






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






6. 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






7. 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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8. 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






9. 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






10. 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






11. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






12. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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13. Wrote The House on Mango Street






14. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






15. Wrote Charlotte's Web






16. Wrote 'History of a Nun;' prolific dramatist of the Restoration (18th century) - one of the first English female writers






17. A monomaniacal captain tries and fails to kill a monstrous white whale; adventure story - quest tale - allegory; protagonist: Ishmael - Ahab; antogonist: Ahab - great white sperm whale






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






19. 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






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






21. An argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state

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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 The Call of the Wild - Sea - Wolf - White Fang






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






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






26. 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






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






28. 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






29. Wrote Ethan Frome






30. 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






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






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






33. Wrote The Glory Field






34. Wrote Walk Two Moons






35. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






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






37. Wrote Johnny Tremain






38. 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate;' Shakespearean couplet with ABAB CDCE EFEF GG rhyme scheme






39. Wrote The Outsiders






40. 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






41. A group of English boys (Jack - Piggy - Ralph - Roger - Sam - Eric - and Simon) - marooned on an island - rapidly turn lawless and bloodthirsty






42. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






43. Wrote A Wrinkle in Time - A Swiftly Tilting Planet - A Wind in the Door - The Small Rain - 24 Days before Christmas

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






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






46. Wrote The Hobbit






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






48. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






49. Wrote Wuthering Heights






50. Wrote Maniac Magee