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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; African - American autobiographer and poet






2. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






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






4. Wrote The Glory Field






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






6. 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






7. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






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






9. 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






10. '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






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






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






13. 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






14. Wrote Wuthering Heights






15. Wrote Out of the Dust






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






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






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






19. Wrote Crime and Punishment; Russian writer - essayist - philosopher






20. Wrote Shiloh






21. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






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






23. Wrote The Outsiders






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






25. 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'






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






27. 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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28. An ex- slave is haunted by the memory of the daughter she killed; historical fiction - ghost story; characters include: Baby Suggs - Denver - Sethe






29. Wrote Hoot






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. 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






32. 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






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






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






35. 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






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






37. Wrote The Outsiders






38. Wrote Walk Two Moons






39. 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






40. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






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






42. Wrote The Chocolate War






43. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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44. Wrote Robinson Crusoe; known as the father of the English novel






45. Wrote Night






46. Wrote Holes






47. 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






48. 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






49. 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






50. 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.