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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. Wrote Jane Eyre






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






3. Wrote Doctor Faustus






4. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






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






6. Wrote Hatchet






7. 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.






8. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






9. Bildungsroman; after being expelled from a prep school - a 16- year - old boy (Holden Caulfield) goes to NYC - where he reflects on the phoniness of adults and heads towards a nervous breakdown






10. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






11. Wrote Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: 20th century Irish author






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






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






14. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






15. Wrote Watership Down






16. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






17. Wrote Wuthering Heights






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






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






20. Wrote Johnny Tremain






21. Wrote The Call of the Wild - Sea - Wolf - White Fang






22. 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






23. Wrote Crime and Punishment; Russian writer - essayist - philosopher






24. 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






25. 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'






26. Wrote Hoot






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






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






29. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






30. It is set in a future society which is at first presented as a utopian society and gradually appears more and more dystopian; therefore - it could be considered anti - utopian; the novel follows a boy named Jonas through the twelfth year of his life;






31. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






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






33. 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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. Wrote The Outsiders






39. 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






40. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






41. Maintains the bird metaphor throughout the poem's ninety - six lines - describing the various 'flights' of five of her children and her concerns about those remaining in the nest

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






43. Wrote 1984 - Animal Farm; dark satire on Stalinist totalitarianism






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






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






46. Wrote The Story of My Life and The Frost King; American author - political activist - lecturer; first deafblind person to earn BA






47. 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






48. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






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






50. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear







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