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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. Wrote The Yearling






2. Wrote The Great Gatsby






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






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






5. Wrote The Weary Blues - The Ways of White Folks - and Not Without Laughter; American poet - novelist - playwright - short story writer - and columnist; early innovator for literary art known as jazz poetry; best known for work during Harlem Renaissan






6. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






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






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






9. 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






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






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






12. '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






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






14. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






15. 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






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






17. 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






18. 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






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






20. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






21. Wrote David Copperfield - Great Expectations; English novelist during Victorian era






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






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






24. Wrote Leaves of Grass; celebrated the freedom and dignity of the individual and sang the praises of democracy






25. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






26. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






27. 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






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






29. 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






30. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






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






32. Told in chapters alternating from Lorraine's and John's point of view - opens with an 'Oath -' signed by both John and Lorraine - two high school sophomores - in which they swear to tell only the facts - in this 'memorial epic' about their experience






33. Wrote Maniac Magee






34. Wrote Charlotte's Web






35. 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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36. 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






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






38. Wrote The Outsiders






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






40. 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






41. 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






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






43. 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






44. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






45. Wrote The Outsiders






46. 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






47. Wrote Wuthering Heights






48. Wrote Holes






49. Wrote The Chocolate War






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