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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






2. Wrote Watership Down






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






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

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5. 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






6. 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






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






8. 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






9. Wrote The Outsiders






10. Wrote Maniac Magee






11. Wrote Roll of Thunder






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






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






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






15. Wrote Night






16. After two marriages to oppressive men - a woman (Janie Crawford) finds temporary happiness with a husband twelve years her junior; themes: the illusion of power - non - necessity of relationships - folkloric quality of religion






17. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






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






19. Wrote The Aeneid






20. Wrote Charlotte's Web






21. 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






22. Wrote Johnny Tremain






23. 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






24. 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






25. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






26. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






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






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






29. Wrote Ethan Frome






30. 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.






31. Wrote The Hobbit






32. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






33. Wrote Out of the Dust






34. 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






35. Wrote Walk Two Moons






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






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






38. Wrote The Pigman






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






40. Wrote The House on Mango Street






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






42. 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






43. Wrote The Lion - the Witch - and the Wardrobe






44. Wrote The Outsiders






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






46. Wrote The Fall of the House of Usher - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - and The Raven; wrote poems: 'To Science -' 'The City and the Sea -' and 'Silence;' American writer - poet - editor and literary critic; part of American Romantic Movement






47. 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






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






49. 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






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