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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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.






2. A girl (Alice) falls asleep and dreams of a series of adventures; children's novel; fantasy






3. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






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






5. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






6. Wrote A Wrinkle in Time - A Swiftly Tilting Planet - A Wind in the Door - The Small Rain - 24 Days before Christmas

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






8. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






9. Wrote Hatchet






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






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






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






13. 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'






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






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






16. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






17. Wrote Hoot






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






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






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






21. 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






22. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






23. Wrote Johnny Tremain






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






25. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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26. Wrote Watership Down






27. 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






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 Doctor Faustus






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






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






32. 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






33. Wrote 'Self - Reliance;' Transcendentalist poet - essayist - speaker






34. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






35. Wrote The Pigman






36. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






37. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






38. 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






39. 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






40. 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






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






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






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






44. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






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






47. 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






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






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






50. Wrote The Outsiders