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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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






2. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






3. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






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






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






6. 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






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






8. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






9. 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.






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






11. 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






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






13. 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






14. Bildungsroman; after being expelled from a prep school - a 16- year - old boy (Holden Caulfield) goes to NYC - where he reflects on the phoniness of adults and heads towards a nervous breakdown






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






17. Wrote Night






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






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






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






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. 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






23. Wrote Ethan Frome






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






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






26. Wrote The Pigman






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






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






29. 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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30. Wrote Watership Down






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






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






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






35. Wrote Hoot






36. 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






37. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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






39. 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






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






41. 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






42. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






43. 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






44. Wrote The Yearling






45. A pampered dog (Buck) adjusts to the harsh realities of life in the North as he struggles with his recovered wild instincts and finds a master (John Thorton) who treats him right; novel - adventure story - setting late 1890s






46. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






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






48. Wrote Sounder






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






50. Wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray; Irish playwright - poet - and author of numerous short stories and one novel