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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Wrote Jane Eyre






7. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






8. Wrote The Pigman






9. Wrote Roll of Thunder






10. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






11. 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






12. 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






13. Wrote The House on Mango Street






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






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






17. Wrote Ethan Frome






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






19. 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






20. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






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






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






23. 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






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

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






26. Wrote Wuthering Heights






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






28. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






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






30. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






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






32. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






33. 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






34. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






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






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






37. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






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






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






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






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






42. Wrote Johnny Tremain






43. The portrait of a sinful young man ages while the young man depicted in the portrait remains youthful; English Gothic novel






44. Wrote Hatchet






45. 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






46. Wrote The Glory Field






47. 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






48. Wrote Watership Down






49. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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50. 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;