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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






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 Crime and Punishment; Russian writer - essayist - philosopher






5. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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






7. 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate;' Shakespearean couplet with ABAB CDCE EFEF GG rhyme scheme






8. 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






9. Wrote Out of the Dust






10. 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






11. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






12. Wrote The Hobbit






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






14. Wrote Night






15. Wrote The Aeneid






16. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






17. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






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






19. 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






20. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






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






22. Wrote The Outsiders






23. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






24. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






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

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






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






28. Wrote Walk Two Moons






29. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






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






31. The portrait of a sinful young man ages while the young man depicted in the portrait remains youthful; English Gothic novel






32. Wrote Ethan Frome






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






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






35. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






36. Wrote A Farewell to Arms - The Old Man and the Sea - and The Sun Also Rises; American writer and journalist; veteran of WWI - belongs to literary movement called 'The Lost Generation'






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






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






39. 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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40. Wrote Shiloh






41. Wrote Charlotte's Web






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






47. Wrote The Outsiders






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






49. 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






50. 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