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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






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






3. 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






4. Wrote The Great Gatsby






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






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






7. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






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






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






10. Wrote 'History of a Nun;' prolific dramatist of the Restoration (18th century) - one of the first English female writers






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






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






13. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






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






15. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






16. Wrote Charlotte's Web






17. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






18. Wrote The House on Mango Street






19. Wrote 'Any Human to Another -' 'Color -' and 'The Ballad of the Brown Girl;' American Romantic poet; leading African - American poets of his time; associated with generation of poets of the Harlem Renaissance






20. Wrote The Outsiders






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






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






23. Wrote Bud Not Buddy - The Watsons Go to Birmingham






24. 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






25. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






26. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






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






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






30. Wrote The Aeneid






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






32. 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






33. Wrote Ethan Frome






34. 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






35. 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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36. 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






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

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






39. 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.






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






41. Wrote Jane Eyre






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






43. 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






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






45. 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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46. 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






47. Wrote 'The Road Not Taken;' American poet; highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech; won Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry four times






48. Wrote The Glory Field






49. 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






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