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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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






2. 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






3. Wrote The Outsiders






4. Wrote Jane Eyre






5. 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






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






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






8. 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;






9. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






10. Wrote Watership Down






11. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






12. 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






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






14. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






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






16. A group of animals mount a successful rebellion against the farmer who rules them - but their dreams of equality for all are ruined when one pig seizes power; novella - dystopian animal fable






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






18. Wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer






19. 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






20. 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






21. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






22. Wrote Johnny Tremain






23. Wrote Out of the Dust






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






25. Wrote Maniac Magee






26. 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






27. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






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






29. Wrote The Great Gatsby






30. 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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31. 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






32. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






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






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






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






36. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






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






38. 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






39. Wrote Hoot






40. 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






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






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






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






44. Wrote The Bell Jar; born during the great depression






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






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






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






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






49. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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50. Wrote Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - editor of 'The North Star -' abolitionist - was self - educated slave