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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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






2. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






3. Wrote Out of the Dust






4. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






5. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






6. Wrote The Glory Field






7. 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






8. Wrote 'She Walks in Beauty' and 'When We Two Parted;' British poet and leading figure in Romanticism






9. 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






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






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






12. Wrote Hatchet






13. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






14. 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






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






16. 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






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






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






19. Wrote Watership Down






20. 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






21. 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






22. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






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






24. A self - made man (Gatsby) woos and loses a married aristocratic woman (Daisy) he loves






25. Wrote The Diary of a Young Girl (autobiographical literature set between 1942-1944) 1st published in 1952 - chronicles her life in Nazi Germany






26. 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






27. 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






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






29. Wrote Jane Eyre






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






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






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






33. 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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34. 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






35. Wrote Johnny Tremain






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






37. 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






38. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






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






40. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






41. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






42. Wrote Maniac Magee






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

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44. Wrote The Pigman






45. Wrote 'In Reference to her Children;' English - American writer - first notable American poet; first woman to be published in Colonial America






46. 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






47. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






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






49. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






50. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author