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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






2. Wrote The Chocolate War






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






4. Wrote The Hobbit






5. Wrote Holes






6. Wrote Sounder






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

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8. Wrote Out of the Dust






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






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






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






12. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






13. Wrote Hoot






14. Wrote Night






15. 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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16. 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






17. 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






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






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






20. 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






21. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






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






23. Wrote Jane Eyre






24. 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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25. Wrote Maniac Magee






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






27. 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'






28. An impoverished young woman (Jane) struggles to maintain her autonomy in the face of oppression - prejudice - and love; Gothic novel - bildungsroman - social portest novel






29. 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






30. Wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God; 20th century African - American writer; folklorist during the Harlem Renaissance






31. Wrote Doctor Faustus






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






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






34. 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate;' Shakespearean couplet with ABAB CDCE EFEF GG rhyme scheme






35. Wrote My Antonia; prolific during the 1920s - reputation as one of the most important post - Civil War American authors






36. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






37. Wrote The Pigman






38. Wrote The Outsiders






39. 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






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






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






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






43. A group of Chinese mothers and their American - born daughters struggle to communicate and understand each other; four families dipicted Woo - Jong - Hsu - and St. Clair






44. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






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






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






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






48. Gothic novel; a scientist creates a monster - and then abandons it in horror - a decision that leads to disaster and the deaths of nearly everyone he loves






49. In a futuristic America - a firefighter (Guy Montag) decides to buck society - stop burning books - and start seeking knowledge; themes: censorship - knowledge vs. ignorance - religion as a knowledge giver






50. Wrote Roll of Thunder