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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God; 20th century African - American writer; folklorist during the Harlem Renaissance






2. Wrote The Aeneid






3. 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






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






5. Wrote Johnny Tremain






6. It is set in a future society which is at first presented as a utopian society and gradually appears more and more dystopian; therefore - it could be considered anti - utopian; the novel follows a boy named Jonas through the twelfth year of his life;






7. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






8. Wrote Jane Eyre






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






10. Wrote The Chocolate War






11. Wrote Wuthering Heights






12. 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






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






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






15. 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






16. A great warrior - goes to Denmark on a successful mission to kill Grendel; he returns home to Geatland - where he becomes king and slays a dragon before dying; poem; alliterative verse - elegy - small scale heroic epic; author unknown; setting around






17. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






18. 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






19. 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






20. '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






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






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






23. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






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






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






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






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






28. Wrote The Outsiders






29. 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






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






31. 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






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






33. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






34. 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






35. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






36. In a futuristic America - a firefighter (Guy Montag) decides to buck society - stop burning books - and start seeking knowledge; themes: censorship - knowledge vs. ignorance - religion as a knowledge giver






37. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






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






39. 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






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






41. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






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






43. 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






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






46. 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






47. Wrote Watership Down






48. Wrote Maniac Magee






49. Wrote Sounder






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