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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






2. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






3. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






4. Wrote The House on Mango Street






5. 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






6. Wrote Wuthering Heights






7. Wrote The Hobbit






8. Wrote Out of the Dust






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






10. Wrote The Yearling






11. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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12. Wrote The Aeneid






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






14. Wrote The Outsiders






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






16. Wrote Holes






17. 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






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






19. Wrote Shiloh






20. 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






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






22. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






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

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






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






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






27. 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






28. Wrote Hatchet






29. Wrote Maniac Magee






30. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






31. 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






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






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






34. Wrote 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock -' 'The Waste Land' and 'The Hollow Men;' British WWI poet - playwright - and literary critic






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






36. Wrote Johnny Tremain






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






39. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






40. After two marriages to oppressive men - a woman (Janie Crawford) finds temporary happiness with a husband twelve years her junior; themes: the illusion of power - non - necessity of relationships - folkloric quality of religion






41. Wrote Sounder






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






43. 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;






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






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






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






48. 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






49. Told in chapters alternating from Lorraine's and John's point of view - opens with an 'Oath -' signed by both John and Lorraine - two high school sophomores - in which they swear to tell only the facts - in this 'memorial epic' about their experience






50. Wrote The Outsiders