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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






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






3. 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






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






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






6. NOT anti - society or anti - community; presupposes that the mind is initially the subject to an unhappy conformity; calls on individuals to value their own thoughts - opinions - experiences above those presented to them by other individuals - societ


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






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






9. Wrote Doctor Faustus






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






11. Wrote The Yearling






12. 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






13. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






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






15. Wrote Wuthering Heights






16. Wrote The Outsiders






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


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






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






20. 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






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






22. 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






23. Wrote Out of the Dust






24. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






25. 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






26. Wrote 'Aurora Leigh -' poet of the Victorian era






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






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






29. 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate;' Shakespearean couplet with ABAB CDCE EFEF GG rhyme scheme






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






31. Wrote Charlotte's Web






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






33. Wrote Ethan Frome






34. 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






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






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






37. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






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






39. Wrote Shiloh






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






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






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






43. Wrote Maniac Magee






44. 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






45. An ex- slave is haunted by the memory of the daughter she killed; historical fiction - ghost story; characters include: Baby Suggs - Denver - Sethe






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






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






48. Wrote The Outsiders






49. Wrote Holes






50. 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