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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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






2. 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






3. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






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






5. 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






6. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






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

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8. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






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






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






11. 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






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






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






17. Wrote Wuthering Heights






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






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






20. Wrote The Chocolate War






21. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






22. 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






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






24. Wrote Holes






25. Wrote Jane Eyre






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






27. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






28. 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






29. 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






30. 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






31. Wrote Watership Down






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






33. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






34. Wrote The Yearling






35. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






36. 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






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






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






39. Wrote Charlotte's Web






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






41. A Trojan (Aeneas) destined to found Rome - undergoes many trials on land and sea during his journey to Italy - finally defeating the Latin Turnus and avenging the murder of Pallas.






42. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






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






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






45. Wrote The Hobbit






46. 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






47. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






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






49. Wrote Walk Two Moons






50. Wrote Night







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