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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. Wrote Hoot






2. Wrote Wuthering Heights






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






4. 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






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






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






7. Wrote The Yearling






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






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






10. 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






11. Wrote The Pigman






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






13. Wrote The Great Gatsby






14. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






15. Wrote Watership Down






16. 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






17. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






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






19. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






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






21. Wrote The Joy Luck Club (widely hailed for its depiction of the Chinese - American experience of the late 20th century)






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






23. A group of poor kids (greasers) hold their own against a group of rich kids (socials aka socs) - losing two of their own in the process; protagonist: Ponyboy Curtis; bildungsroman; setting 1960s






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






25. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






26. 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






27. 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






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






29. 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






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






31. Wrote David Copperfield - Great Expectations; English novelist during Victorian era






32. 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






33. Wrote Shiloh






34. Wrote The Hobbit






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






36. 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






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






38. Wrote Night






39. 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;






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






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






42. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






43. Wrote Doctor Faustus






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






45. 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






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






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






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






49. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






50. Wrote The Aeneid