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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote The Awakening - The Storm; feminist author of the 20th century; born in St. Louis - Missouri






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






3. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






4. 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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5. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






6. A black girl growing up in the South struggles against racism - sexism - and lack of power






7. Wrote Jane Eyre






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. 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






14. Wrote Out of the Dust






15. Wrote Ethan Frome






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






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






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






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






20. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






21. Book written by George Orwell - announced an insane world of dehumanization through terror in which the individual was systematically obliterated by an all - power elite; key phrases: Big Brother - doublethink - Newspeak - the Ministry of Peace...Tru






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






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






24. Wrote The Yearling






25. Wrote The Aeneid






26. 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






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






28. 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;






29. 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






30. Wrote David Copperfield - Great Expectations; English novelist during Victorian era






31. Inspired by witch's prophecy - a man murders his way to the throne of Scotland - but his conscience plagues him and his fellow lords rise up against him; themes: unchecked ambition as a corrupting force - relationship between cruelty and masculinity






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






33. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






34. 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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






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






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






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






43. Wrote The Outsiders






44. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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45. Wrote The Hobbit






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

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






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






49. Wrote Holes






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