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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. The portrait of a sinful young man ages while the young man depicted in the portrait remains youthful; English Gothic novel






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






3. Wrote The Outsiders






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






5. Wrote A Wrinkle in Time - A Swiftly Tilting Planet - A Wind in the Door - The Small Rain - 24 Days before Christmas


6. Wrote Wuthering Heights






7. Wrote The Great Gatsby






8. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






9. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






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






11. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins


12. Wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray; Irish playwright - poet - and author of numerous short stories and one novel






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






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






15. 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






16. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






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






18. Wrote The Hobbit






19. 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






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






21. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






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






23. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






24. Wrote Ethan Frome






25. 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'






26. Wrote Watership Down






27. Wrote Sounder






28. A monomaniacal captain tries and fails to kill a monstrous white whale; adventure story - quest tale - allegory; protagonist: Ishmael - Ahab; antogonist: Ahab - great white sperm whale






29. Wrote Hatchet






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






37. Wrote The Chocolate War






38. 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






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






40. Wrote Maniac Magee






41. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






42. 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






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






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






45. 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






46. 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






47. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






48. Wrote Anna Karenina - War and Peace; Russian writer - realistic fiction






49. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






50. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth