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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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






2. Wrote Johnny Tremain






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






4. Wrote Roll of Thunder






5. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






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






7. A great warrior - goes to Denmark on a successful mission to kill Grendel; he returns home to Geatland - where he becomes king and slays a dragon before dying; poem; alliterative verse - elegy - small scale heroic epic; author unknown; setting around






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






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






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






11. Wrote Holes






12. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






13. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






14. 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






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






16. Wrote The Outsiders






17. 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






18. 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






19. Wrote Bud Not Buddy - The Watsons Go to Birmingham






20. 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






21. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






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






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






24. A pampered dog (Buck) adjusts to the harsh realities of life in the North as he struggles with his recovered wild instincts and finds a master (John Thorton) who treats him right; novel - adventure story - setting late 1890s






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






26. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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27. 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






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






30. 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






31. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






32. Wrote Hatchet






33. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






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






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






36. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






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






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






39. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






40. 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






41. Wrote The Pigman






42. Wrote Hoot






43. 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






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






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






46. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






47. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






48. Wrote Walk Two Moons






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






50. Wrote The Glory Field







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