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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






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






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






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






5. Wrote Out of the Dust






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






10. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






11. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






12. 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






13. Wrote Jane Eyre






14. 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






15. Wrote The Chocolate War






16. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






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






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






19. Wrote Hatchet






20. 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






21. Wrote 'Aurora Leigh -' poet of the Victorian era






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

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23. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






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






25. Wrote The Aeneid






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






32. Wrote The Hobbit






33. set in modern times and focuses on the current circumstances of Stanley Yelnats - an unfortunate - unlucky young man who is sent to Camp Green Lake for a crime he didn't commit






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 The Pigman






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






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






38. 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'






39. A naive young man (Henry Fleming) matures as a result of fighting in the Civil War






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






41. Wrote Johnny Tremain






42. Wrote The Fall of the House of Usher - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - and The Raven; wrote poems: 'To Science -' 'The City and the Sea -' and 'Silence;' American writer - poet - editor and literary critic; part of American Romantic Movement






43. Wrote Maniac Magee






44. Wrote Roll of Thunder






45. Wrote Sounder






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






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






48. Wrote Walk Two Moons






49. Wrote Red Badge of Courage; American novelist - short story writer - poet - journalist - raised in NY and NJ; style and technique: naturalism - realism - impressionism; themes: ideals v. realities - spiritual crisis - fears






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