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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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






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






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






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






6. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






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






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 Touching Spirit Bear






10. A young woman (Esther Greenwood) whose talent and intelligence have brought her close to achieving her dreams must overcome suicidal tendencies






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






12. In a futuristic America - a firefighter (Guy Montag) decides to buck society - stop burning books - and start seeking knowledge; themes: censorship - knowledge vs. ignorance - religion as a knowledge giver






13. 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;






14. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






15. 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






16. 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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17. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






18. Wrote Maniac Magee






19. Wrote The Great Gatsby






20. Wrote Hoot






21. 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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22. A man is shipwrecked on an island - where he lives for more than 20 years - fending off cannibals and creating a pleasant life for himself






23. Wrote Hatchet






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






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






26. Wrote Night






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






28. Wrote Sounder






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






30. 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






31. Wrote 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock -' 'The Waste Land' and 'The Hollow Men;' British WWI poet - playwright - and literary critic






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






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






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






35. Wrote Frankenstein; Romantic British novelist - short story writer - dramatist - essayist - biographer - travel writer






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






37. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






38. 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






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






40. 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






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






42. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






43. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






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






45. Wrote Watership Down






46. Wrote Mrs. Dalloway - Night and Day - The Voyage Out - and Jacob's Room; English novelist and essayist; one of the foremost modernist literary figures of 20th century






47. Wrote The House on Mango Street






48. Wrote The Aeneid






49. 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






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