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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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






2. Wrote Roll of Thunder






3. 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






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






5. Wrote The Aeneid






6. A black girl growing up in the South struggles against racism - sexism - and lack of power






7. Wrote Walk Two Moons






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






9. 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






10. Inspired by witch's prophecy - a man murders his way to the throne of Scotland - but his conscience plagues him and his fellow lords rise up against him; themes: unchecked ambition as a corrupting force - relationship between cruelty and masculinity






11. A group of Chinese mothers and their American - born daughters struggle to communicate and understand each other; four families dipicted Woo - Jong - Hsu - and St. Clair






12. 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






13. Wrote 'Self - Reliance;' Transcendentalist poet - essayist - speaker






14. Wrote The Yearling






15. 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






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






17. Wrote The Outsiders






18. Wrote 'The Road Not Taken;' American poet; highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech; won Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry four times






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






20. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






21. Wrote Night






22. 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






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






24. 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






25. 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






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






27. Wrote Ethan Frome






28. 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






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






30. 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






31. 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






32. Wrote The Glory Field






33. 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






34. 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






35. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






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






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






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






39. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






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






41. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






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






43. Wrote Johnny Tremain






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






45. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






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






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






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






49. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






50. Wrote The Canterbury Tales







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