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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. '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






2. 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






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






4. Wrote Watership Down






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






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






7. Wrote The Chocolate War






8. 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






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






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






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






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






13. 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;






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






15. After surviving a poverty - stricken childhood - the death of his mother - a cruel stepfather - and an unfortunate first marriage - a boys finds success as a writer; themes: plight of the weak - importance of equality in marriage - dangers of wealth






16. 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






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






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






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






20. 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






21. Wrote 'In Reference to her Children;' English - American writer - first notable American poet; first woman to be published in Colonial America






22. 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






23. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






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






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






26. Wrote The Outsiders






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






28. Wrote The Hobbit






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






30. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






31. Wrote Johnny Tremain






32. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






33. 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






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






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






36. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






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

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






39. Wrote Walk Two Moons






40. 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






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






42. Wrote 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and 'Rip Van Winkle;' American author - essayist - biographer - historian






43. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






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






45. 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






46. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






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






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






49. Wrote The House on Mango Street






50. Wrote The Aeneid