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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






2. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






11. Wrote Out of the Dust






12. After having an affair with a handsome military man - a woman kills herself; russion - 1970s - psychological novel






13. 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






14. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






15. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






16. A young woman (Esther Greenwood) whose talent and intelligence have brought her close to achieving her dreams must overcome suicidal tendencies






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






18. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






19. Wrote Holes






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






21. Wrote The Hobbit






22. 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






23. 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






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






25. Wrote The House on Mango Street






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






27. Wrote The Great Gatsby






28. 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






29. 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






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






31. 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






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






33. Wrote The Yearling






34. Wrote Charlotte's Web






35. 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






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






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






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






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






40. Wrote The Aeneid






41. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






42. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






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






44. Wrote Hoot






45. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






46. Wrote Johnny Tremain






47. 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






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






49. 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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50. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia