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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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






2. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






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






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






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






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






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






8. Wrote Wuthering Heights






9. 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;






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






11. 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






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






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






14. Bildungsroman; after being expelled from a prep school - a 16- year - old boy (Holden Caulfield) goes to NYC - where he reflects on the phoniness of adults and heads towards a nervous breakdown






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






16. Wrote The Outsiders






17. 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






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






19. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






20. 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






21. Wrote Watership Down






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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. Wrote Hoot






28. 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.






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






30. Wrote The Chocolate War






31. 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






32. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






33. 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






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






35. Wrote Out of the Dust






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






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






38. 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






39. Wrote Sounder






40. 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






41. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






42. 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






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






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






45. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






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






47. 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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48. Wrote Charlotte's Web






49. 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






50. Wrote Hatchet