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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. Wrote Out of the Dust






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






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






4. Wrote The Real McCoy: The Life of an American Inventor






5. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






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






7. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






8. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






9. Wrote Jane Eyre






10. 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






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






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 Johnny Tremain






14. 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






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






16. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






17. Wrote Shiloh






18. 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






19. Wrote Watership Down






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






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






22. Wrote The Chocolate War






23. 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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. Wrote Ethan Frome






29. 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






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






31. 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;






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






33. Wrote Doctor Faustus






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






35. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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36. 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'






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






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






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

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41. A group of English boys (Jack - Piggy - Ralph - Roger - Sam - Eric - and Simon) - marooned on an island - rapidly turn lawless and bloodthirsty






42. 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






43. Wrote Maniac Magee






44. 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






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






46. 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






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






48. 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






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






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







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