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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






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






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






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






5. 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






6. Wrote The Eye - the Ear - and the Arm






7. Wrote Out of the Dust






8. Wrote Jane Eyre






9. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






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






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






12. 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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13. 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






14. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






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






16. 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;






17. Wrote Holes






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






19. 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






20. 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






21. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






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






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






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






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






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






27. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






28. Wrote The Outsiders






29. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






30. Wrote Watership Down






31. 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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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






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






37. A group of animals mount a successful rebellion against the farmer who rules them - but their dreams of equality for all are ruined when one pig seizes power; novella - dystopian animal fable






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






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






40. Wrote Hoot






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






42. 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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43. 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






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






45. Wrote The House on Mango Street






46. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






47. Wrote Wuthering Heights






48. 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






49. Wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God; 20th century African - American writer; folklorist during the Harlem Renaissance






50. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond