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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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






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






3. Wrote The Glory Field






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






5. Wrote Lord of the Flies - To the Ends of the Earth; British novelist - poet






6. 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






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






8. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






9. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






10. 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






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






12. Wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer






13. 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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14. Wrote The Chocolate War






15. 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






16. Wrote The Awakening - The Storm; feminist author of the 20th century; born in St. Louis - Missouri






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






18. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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19. 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






20. Wrote 'Prometheus Unbound -' 'Ode to the West Wind -' and 'To A Skylark'






21. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






22. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






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






24. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






25. Wrote Holes






26. 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






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






28. 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






29. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






30. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






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






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






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






34. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






35. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






36. Wrote The Outsiders






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






38. 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.






39. The protagonist of the story is a boy named Sandy whose family must deal with a variety of struggles imposed upon them due to their race and class in society in addition to relating to one another






40. Wrote The Aeneid






41. Wrote Doctor Faustus






42. 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






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






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






45. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






46. 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






47. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






48. Wrote 'Civil Disobedience;' American author - poet - naturalist - tax resister - development critic - surveyor - historian - philosopher - and leading transcendentalist






49. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






50. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye