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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote The Joy Luck Club (widely hailed for its depiction of the Chinese - American experience of the late 20th century)






2. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






3. 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






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






5. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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6. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






7. 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






8. Wrote The Chocolate War






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






10. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






11. NOT anti - society or anti - community; presupposes that the mind is initially the subject to an unhappy conformity; calls on individuals to value their own thoughts - opinions - experiences above those presented to them by other individuals - societ

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






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






14. 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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15. 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;






16. Wrote The Great Gatsby






17. 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






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






19. 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






20. 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






21. 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






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






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






24. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






25. 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






26. Wrote The Outsiders






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






28. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






29. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






30. Wrote The House on Mango Street






31. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






32. Wrote My Antonia; prolific during the 1920s - reputation as one of the most important post - Civil War American authors






33. Wrote Night






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






36. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






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






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






39. Wrote The Aeneid






40. 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






41. Wrote Watership Down






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






43. Wrote The Pigman






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






45. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






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






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






48. Maintains the bird metaphor throughout the poem's ninety - six lines - describing the various 'flights' of five of her children and her concerns about those remaining in the nest

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






50. 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