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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A naive young man (Henry Fleming) matures as a result of fighting in the Civil War






2. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






3. Wrote Maniac Magee






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






5. 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






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






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






9. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






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






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






12. Wrote The Chocolate War






13. 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






14. Wrote The Outsiders






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






16. Wrote The Aeneid






17. 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






18. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






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






20. Wrote The Glory Field






21. Wrote Leaves of Grass; celebrated the freedom and dignity of the individual and sang the praises of democracy






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






23. 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






24. 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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25. Wrote Roll of Thunder






26. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






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






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






29. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






30. 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






31. 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






32. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






33. Wrote Sounder






34. Wrote Night






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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






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






47. Wrote The Outsiders






48. Wrote Jane Eyre






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






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