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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and 'Rip Van Winkle;' American author - essayist - biographer - historian






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






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 Hobbit






5. Wrote The Glory Field






6. 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






7. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






8. 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






9. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






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






11. Wrote Night






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






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






14. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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15. Wrote Out of the Dust






16. Wrote The Yearling






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






18. Wrote The Outsiders






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






20. 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'






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






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

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






24. Wrote Emma; Pride and Prejudice; Persuasion; Mansfield Park - et al.






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






26. A Trojan (Aeneas) destined to found Rome - undergoes many trials on land and sea during his journey to Italy - finally defeating the Latin Turnus and avenging the murder of Pallas.






27. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






28. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






29. 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






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






31. 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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32. Wrote Hatchet






33. 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






34. 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






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






36. Wrote Johnny Tremain






37. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






38. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






39. Wrote Roll of Thunder






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






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






42. Wrote Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: 20th century Irish author






43. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






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






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






46. Wrote The Outsiders






47. 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






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






49. Wrote Ethan Frome






50. Wrote 'The Birth - Mark -' The Scarlet Letter; works are considered part of the Romantic movement (specifically dark romancism)