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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. Wrote The Outsiders






2. 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






3. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






4. 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'






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






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






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






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






9. Wrote Shiloh






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






11. Wrote Doctor Faustus






12. 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






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






14. Wrote The Hobbit






15. Wrote The Great Gatsby






16. 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






17. Wrote Ethan Frome






18. 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






19. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






20. Wrote Mrs. Dalloway - Night and Day - The Voyage Out - and Jacob's Room; English novelist and essayist; one of the foremost modernist literary figures of 20th century






21. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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22. 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






23. 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






24. Wrote Jane Eyre






25. After having an affair with a handsome military man - a woman kills herself; russion - 1970s - psychological novel






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






27. Wrote Sounder






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






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






30. Wrote The Aeneid






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






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






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






34. Wrote The Lion - the Witch - and the Wardrobe






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






36. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






37. 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






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

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39. Wrote Roll of Thunder






40. 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






41. 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






42. 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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43. Wrote Charlotte's Web






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






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






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






47. Wrote Maniac Magee






48. Wrote The Yearling






49. '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






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







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