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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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






2. 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






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






4. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






5. 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






6. Wrote Roll of Thunder






7. Wrote The Aeneid






8. Wrote Ethan Frome






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






10. Wrote Hoot






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






12. Wrote The Hobbit






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






14. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






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






16. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






17. Wrote Johnny Tremain






18. 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






19. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






20. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






21. 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.






22. 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






23. 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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24. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






25. Wrote 'Aurora Leigh -' poet of the Victorian era






26. The protagonist of the story is a boy named Sandy whose family must deal with a variety of struggles imposed upon them due to their race and class in society in addition to relating to one another






27. Wrote Wuthering Heights






28. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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29. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






30. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






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






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






33. 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






34. Wrote Charlotte's Web






35. 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






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






37. Wrote The Eye - the Ear - and the Arm






38. 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






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






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






41. Wrote The House on Mango Street






42. 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






43. Wrote The Outsiders






44. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






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






46. '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






47. Wrote Doctor Faustus






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






49. Wrote Maniac Magee






50. An ex- slave is haunted by the memory of the daughter she killed; historical fiction - ghost story; characters include: Baby Suggs - Denver - Sethe







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