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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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2. 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






3. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






4. 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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






13. Wrote Jane Eyre






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






15. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






16. Wrote The Pigman






17. Wrote Maniac Magee






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






19. 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






20. 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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21. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






22. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






23. Wrote 'Prometheus Unbound -' 'Ode to the West Wind -' and 'To A Skylark'






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






31. Wrote The Lion - the Witch - and the Wardrobe






32. Wrote Hatchet






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






34. 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






35. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






36. Wrote The Aeneid






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






38. Wrote Charlotte's Web






39. 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






40. An argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state

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41. Wrote The Outsiders






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






43. 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






44. 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






45. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






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






47. Wrote Lord of the Flies - To the Ends of the Earth; British novelist - poet






48. Wrote Night






49. Wrote The Glory Field






50. 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