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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






2. Wrote Hatchet






3. Wrote 'She Walks in Beauty' and 'When We Two Parted;' British poet and leading figure in Romanticism






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






5. Wrote Johnny Tremain






6. 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


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






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






9. Four March sisters (Amy - Jo - Beth - Meg) in 19th century New England struggle with poverty - juggle their duties - and their desire to find love






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






11. 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






12. 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






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






14. A group of poor kids (greasers) hold their own against a group of rich kids (socials aka socs) - losing two of their own in the process; protagonist: Ponyboy Curtis; bildungsroman; setting 1960s






15. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






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






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






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






19. 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






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






21. 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






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






23. 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






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






25. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






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






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






28. 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






29. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






30. 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






31. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






32. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






33. Wrote The House on Mango Street






34. 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






35. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






42. Wrote Leaves of Grass; celebrated the freedom and dignity of the individual and sang the praises of democracy






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






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






45. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






46. Wrote A Wrinkle in Time - A Swiftly Tilting Planet - A Wind in the Door - The Small Rain - 24 Days before Christmas


47. '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






48. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






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






50. Wrote Ethan Frome