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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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






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






3. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






4. Wrote Out of the Dust






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






6. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






7. 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






8. 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






9. Wrote The House on Mango Street






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






11. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






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






18. Wrote The Great Gatsby






19. 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'






20. Wrote Ethan Frome






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






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






23. Wrote Charlotte's Web






24. Wrote The Outsiders






25. 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






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






27. Wrote Roll of Thunder






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






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






31. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






32. A self - made man (Gatsby) woos and loses a married aristocratic woman (Daisy) he loves






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






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






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






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






40. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






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






42. Wrote Hatchet






43. 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;






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






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






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






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






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






49. Wrote Shiloh






50. Wrote The Pigman







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