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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. Wrote The Hobbit






2. Wrote Charlotte's Web






3. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






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






5. 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






6. Wrote The Yearling






7. Wrote The Pigman






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






9. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






10. 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






11. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






12. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






13. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






14. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






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






16. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






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






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






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






20. Wrote Doctor Faustus






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






22. Wrote Holes






23. 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






24. Wrote Hoot






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Wrote Frankenstein; Romantic British novelist - short story writer - dramatist - essayist - biographer - travel writer






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






33. Gothic novel; a scientist creates a monster - and then abandons it in horror - a decision that leads to disaster and the deaths of nearly everyone he loves






34. Wrote The Call of the Wild - Sea - Wolf - White Fang






35. 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






36. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






37. 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






38. 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;






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






40. 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.






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






42. Wrote The Outsiders






43. 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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44. 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






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






46. Wrote Out of the Dust






47. 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






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






49. Wrote Hatchet






50. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall