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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






2. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






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






4. 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






5. Wrote The Eye - the Ear - and the Arm






6. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






7. 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






8. Wrote The House on Mango Street






9. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






10. Wrote Maniac Magee






11. Wrote Sounder






12. Wrote Charlotte's Web






13. 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






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






15. 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






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






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






18. 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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19. 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






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






21. In a futuristic America - a firefighter (Guy Montag) decides to buck society - stop burning books - and start seeking knowledge; themes: censorship - knowledge vs. ignorance - religion as a knowledge giver






22. 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






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






24. Wrote Wuthering Heights






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






26. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






27. Wrote Doctor Faustus






28. Wrote Roll of Thunder






29. 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






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






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






32. Wrote The Great Gatsby






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






34. 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






35. Wrote Johnny Tremain






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






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






38. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






39. Wrote The Yearling






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






41. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






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






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

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44. 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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45. 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






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






47. 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






48. Inspired by witch's prophecy - a man murders his way to the throne of Scotland - but his conscience plagues him and his fellow lords rise up against him; themes: unchecked ambition as a corrupting force - relationship between cruelty and masculinity






49. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






50. 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