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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






2. 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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






8. Wrote The Aeneid






9. A group of Chinese mothers and their American - born daughters struggle to communicate and understand each other; four families dipicted Woo - Jong - Hsu - and St. Clair






10. Wrote Mrs. Dalloway - Night and Day - The Voyage Out - and Jacob's Room; English novelist and essayist; one of the foremost modernist literary figures of 20th century






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






13. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






14. Wrote Walk Two Moons






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






16. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






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






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






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






20. Wrote Shiloh






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






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 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






24. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






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






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






27. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






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






29. 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






30. 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






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






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






33. Wrote 'A Fisherman -' 'The Second Coming -' and 'Easter 1916;' Irish poet and dramatist; foremost figures of 20th century literature; British WWI poet






34. A group of English boys (Jack - Piggy - Ralph - Roger - Sam - Eric - and Simon) - marooned on an island - rapidly turn lawless and bloodthirsty






35. A group of poor kids (greasers) hold their own against a group of rich kids (socials aka socs) - losing two of their own in the process; protagonist: Ponyboy Curtis; bildungsroman; setting 1960s






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






37. Wrote Night






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






39. '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






40. Wrote The Hobbit






41. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






42. 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






43. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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44. 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






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






46. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






47. Wrote Watership Down






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






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






50. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye