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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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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2. Wrote Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: 20th century Irish author






3. 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






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






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






6. Wrote Night






7. 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






8. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






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






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






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






12. Wrote Watership Down






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 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






15. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






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






17. Wrote Charlotte's Web






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






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






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

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






22. Wrote The Real McCoy: The Life of an American Inventor






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






24. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






25. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






26. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






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






28. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






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






30. 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






31. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






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






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






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






35. 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;






36. Wrote Maniac Magee






37. Wrote Wuthering Heights






38. 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






39. 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






40. Wrote The Pigman






41. The protagonist of the story is a boy named Sandy whose family must deal with a variety of struggles imposed upon them due to their race and class in society in addition to relating to one another






42. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






43. 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






44. Wrote Sounder






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






46. Wrote The Aeneid






47. 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






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






49. Wrote The Chocolate War






50. Wrote Johnny Tremain