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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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






2. 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






3. Wrote My Antonia; prolific during the 1920s - reputation as one of the most important post - Civil War American authors






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






5. 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






6. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






7. Wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God; 20th century African - American writer; folklorist during the Harlem Renaissance






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






9. Wrote The Hobbit






10. 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






11. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






12. 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






13. Wrote Shiloh






14. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






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






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. Wrote Holes






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






19. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






20. 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






21. 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






22. 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






23. 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






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






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






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






27. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






28. 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






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






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






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






32. Wrote Jane Eyre






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






34. Wrote Sounder






35. 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






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






37. Wrote The House on Mango Street






38. Wrote A Farewell to Arms - The Old Man and the Sea - and The Sun Also Rises; American writer and journalist; veteran of WWI - belongs to literary movement called 'The Lost Generation'






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






40. Wrote The Outsiders






41. Wrote The Fall of the House of Usher - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - and The Raven; wrote poems: 'To Science -' 'The City and the Sea -' and 'Silence;' American writer - poet - editor and literary critic; part of American Romantic Movement






42. 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






43. 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






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






46. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






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






48. Wrote Doctor Faustus






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






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