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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote Holes






2. Wrote Leaves of Grass; celebrated the freedom and dignity of the individual and sang the praises of democracy






3. 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






4. Wrote Shiloh






5. '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






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






7. Wrote Jane Eyre






8. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






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






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






11. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






12. Wrote Sonnet 18 - Hamlet - and Macbeth; greatest playwright who ever lived - prolific poet - known for sonnets






13. 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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14. A girl (Alice) falls asleep and dreams of a series of adventures; children's novel; fantasy






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






16. Wrote Roll of Thunder






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






18. Wrote Out of the Dust






19. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






20. Wrote The Aeneid






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






22. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






23. Wrote The Outsiders






24. 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






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






26. 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






27. Wrote Hatchet






28. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






29. 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;






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






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






33. Wrote Hoot






34. Wrote Charlotte's Web






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






36. Wrote Walk Two Moons






37. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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






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






40. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






41. 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






42. Wrote The Yearling






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






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






45. 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'






46. 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






47. Wrote Wuthering Heights






48. 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






49. Wrote Watership Down






50. 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