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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. Wrote Hoot






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






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






4. Wrote Doctor Faustus






5. Wrote Holes






6. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






7. 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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8. Wrote The Great Gatsby






9. The portrait of a sinful young man ages while the young man depicted in the portrait remains youthful; English Gothic novel






10. Wrote Out of the Dust






11. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






12. Wrote 'The Birth - Mark -' The Scarlet Letter; works are considered part of the Romantic movement (specifically dark romancism)






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






14. Wrote Johnny Tremain






15. Wrote The Hobbit






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






17. 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






18. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






19. 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.






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. 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






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






29. 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






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






31. Wrote The Eye - the Ear - and the Arm






32. Wrote Wuthering Heights






33. Wrote Watership Down






34. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






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






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






37. Wrote Hatchet






38. Wrote Shiloh






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






40. Wrote The Pigman






41. 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'






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






43. 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






44. Wrote 'A Fisherman -' 'The Second Coming -' and 'Easter 1916;' Irish poet and dramatist; foremost figures of 20th century literature; British WWI poet






45. Wrote The Aeneid






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






47. A young woman (Esther Greenwood) whose talent and intelligence have brought her close to achieving her dreams must overcome suicidal tendencies






48. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






49. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






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