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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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






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






3. Wrote Wuthering Heights






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






5. Wrote Ethan Frome






6. 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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7. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






8. 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






9. 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






10. Wrote The House on Mango Street






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






12. 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;






13. Epic/novel poem written in blank verse and encompasses nine books (the woman's number - the number of the prophetic books of Sibyl)






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






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






16. 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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17. Wrote Roll of Thunder






18. Wrote The Yearling






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






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






21. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






22. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






23. 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






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






25. Wrote Walk Two Moons






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






27. Wrote 'We Are Seven -' 'The Prelude -' and 'The World is Too Much With Us;' English Romantic poet; joint publication of 'Lyrical Ballads' with Samuel Taylor Coleridge; motifs: wanders vs wandering - memory - vision/sight - light - leech gatherer; bel






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






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






30. Wrote The Chocolate War






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






32. Wrote Jane Eyre






33. Wrote The Diary of a Young Girl (autobiographical literature set between 1942-1944) 1st published in 1952 - chronicles her life in Nazi Germany






34. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






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






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






37. Wrote The Great Gatsby






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






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






40. 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






41. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






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






43. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






44. Wrote The Hobbit






45. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






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






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






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






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






50. An ex- slave is haunted by the memory of the daughter she killed; historical fiction - ghost story; characters include: Baby Suggs - Denver - Sethe







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