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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote The Yearling






2. 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






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






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






5. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






6. Wrote The House on Mango Street






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






8. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






9. 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






10. Wrote Doctor Faustus






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






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






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






14. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






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






16. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






17. Wrote Walk Two Moons






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






19. Wrote Charlotte's Web






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






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






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






23. 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






24. Wrote The Aeneid






25. Wrote Roll of Thunder






26. 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






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. Wrote The Outsiders






29. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






30. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






31. Wrote Watership Down






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






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






34. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






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






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






37. Wrote Out of the Dust






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






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






40. Wrote Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - editor of 'The North Star -' abolitionist - was self - educated slave






41. A group of English boys (Jack - Piggy - Ralph - Roger - Sam - Eric - and Simon) - marooned on an island - rapidly turn lawless and bloodthirsty






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






43. 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






44. Wrote Shiloh






45. Wrote Hoot






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






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






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






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






50. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author