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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






2. Wrote Night






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






4. Four March sisters (Amy - Jo - Beth - Meg) in 19th century New England struggle with poverty - juggle their duties - and their desire to find love






5. 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






6. 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






7. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






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. 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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






17. A Trojan (Aeneas) destined to found Rome - undergoes many trials on land and sea during his journey to Italy - finally defeating the Latin Turnus and avenging the murder of Pallas.






18. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






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






20. Wrote Walk Two Moons






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






22. Wrote 'Wild Nights -- Wild Nights!;' 'I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died -' and 'Because I Could Not Stop For Death --;' 19th century poet; major themes: flowers/gardens - the master poems - morbidity - gospel poems - the undiscovered continent; irregula






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






25. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






26. Wrote Jane Eyre






27. 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






28. 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'






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






30. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






31. Wrote Hatchet






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






33. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






34. 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






35. 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






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

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37. A group of animals mount a successful rebellion against the farmer who rules them - but their dreams of equality for all are ruined when one pig seizes power; novella - dystopian animal fable






38. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






39. Wrote Ethan Frome






40. 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






41. Wrote Doctor Faustus






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






43. 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






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






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






46. Wrote 'Self - Reliance;' Transcendentalist poet - essayist - speaker






47. 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






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






49. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






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