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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






2. Wrote The Outsiders






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






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






5. 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






6. A pampered dog (Buck) adjusts to the harsh realities of life in the North as he struggles with his recovered wild instincts and finds a master (John Thorton) who treats him right; novel - adventure story - setting late 1890s






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






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






10. Wrote The Great Gatsby






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






12. Wrote The Pigman






13. Wrote Doctor Faustus






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






15. 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






16. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






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






25. Wrote 'On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer -' 'To Autumn -' and 'Bright Star - Would I Were Stedfast As Thou Art;' English poet in Romantic movement during early 19th century; motifs include departures and reveries - the five sense and art - and th






26. Wrote Walk Two Moons






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






28. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






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






30. Wrote Emma; Pride and Prejudice; Persuasion; Mansfield Park - et al.






31. A young woman (Esther Greenwood) whose talent and intelligence have brought her close to achieving her dreams must overcome suicidal tendencies






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






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. Wrote Shiloh






37. 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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38. Wrote Ethan Frome






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

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






41. 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






42. 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






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






44. 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'






45. 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






46. 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






47. 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






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






49. 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






50. Wrote Charlotte's Web