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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. 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






2. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






3. Wrote Ethan Frome






4. 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






5. Wrote Hoot






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






7. Wrote Roll of Thunder






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






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






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






11. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






12. 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






13. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






14. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






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






16. 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






17. Wrote Night






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






19. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






20. 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






21. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






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






23. Wrote The Outsiders






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






25. Wrote Jane Eyre






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






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






29. Wrote The Great Gatsby






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






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






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






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 The Yearling






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






36. heroic fantasy novel about a small group of British rabbits; Fiver - a young runt rabbit who is a seer - receives a frightening vision of his warren's imminent destruction






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






38. Wrote Doctor Faustus






39. 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






40. Wrote Hatchet






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






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






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






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






45. Wrote Walk Two Moons






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 Holes






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






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






50. 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