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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. 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






2. Wrote Maniac Magee






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






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






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






7. Wrote Shiloh






8. Wrote Watership Down






9. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






10. Wrote The Color Purple; American author - self - declared feminist and womanist; won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction






11. Wrote Jane Eyre






12. 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






13. Wrote Night






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






15. Wrote Out of the Dust






16. 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






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






18. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






19. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






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






21. 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






22. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






23. 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






24. Wrote Wuthering Heights






25. Wrote The Hobbit






26. Wrote The Outsiders






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






28. Gothic novel; a scientist creates a monster - and then abandons it in horror - a decision that leads to disaster and the deaths of nearly everyone he loves






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






30. Wrote Red Badge of Courage; American novelist - short story writer - poet - journalist - raised in NY and NJ; style and technique: naturalism - realism - impressionism; themes: ideals v. realities - spiritual crisis - fears






31. A group of animals mount a successful rebellion against the farmer who rules them - but their dreams of equality for all are ruined when one pig seizes power; novella - dystopian animal fable






32. 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






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






34. 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






35. Wrote The Glory Field






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






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






38. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






39. 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






40. 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






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






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






43. 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






44. Wrote Walk Two Moons






45. 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate;' Shakespearean couplet with ABAB CDCE EFEF GG rhyme scheme






46. 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






47. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






48. 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






49. Wrote The House on Mango Street






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