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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote Watership Down






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






4. Wrote The Glory Field






5. Wrote Ethan Frome






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






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






8. Epic/novel poem written in blank verse and encompasses nine books (the woman's number - the number of the prophetic books of Sibyl)






9. 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






10. 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






11. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






12. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






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






14. '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






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






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






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






18. Wrote 'The Birth - Mark -' The Scarlet Letter; works are considered part of the Romantic movement (specifically dark romancism)






19. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






20. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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21. 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






22. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






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






24. Wrote The Pigman






25. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






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






27. Wrote The Outsiders






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






29. 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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30. Wrote Sounder






31. Wrote The Aeneid






32. Wrote The Outsiders






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






34. 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






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






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






37. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






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






39. Wrote 'A Fisherman -' 'The Second Coming -' and 'Easter 1916;' Irish poet and dramatist; foremost figures of 20th century literature; British WWI poet






40. 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






41. 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






42. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






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






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






46. 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






47. 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;






48. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






49. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






50. Wrote 'She Walks in Beauty' and 'When We Two Parted;' British poet and leading figure in Romanticism