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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. Wrote Night






2. Maintains the bird metaphor throughout the poem's ninety - six lines - describing the various 'flights' of five of her children and her concerns about those remaining in the nest


3. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






4. 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






5. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






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






7. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






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


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






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






11. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






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






13. 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






14. 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






15. 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


16. Wrote The Yearling






17. 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






18. 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






19. Wrote The Pigman






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






21. Wrote The Weary Blues - The Ways of White Folks - and Not Without Laughter; American poet - novelist - playwright - short story writer - and columnist; early innovator for literary art known as jazz poetry; best known for work during Harlem Renaissan






22. 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






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






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






25. 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






26. Wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God; 20th century African - American writer; folklorist during the Harlem Renaissance






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






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






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






30. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






31. 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






32. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






33. Bildungsroman; after being expelled from a prep school - a 16- year - old boy (Holden Caulfield) goes to NYC - where he reflects on the phoniness of adults and heads towards a nervous breakdown






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. Wrote Shiloh






36. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






37. Wrote Jane Eyre






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






39. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






40. 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






41. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins


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






43. 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






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






45. Wrote Charlotte's Web






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






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






48. A pampered dog (Buck) adjusts to the harsh realities of life in the North as he struggles with his recovered wild instincts and finds a master (John Thorton) who treats him right; novel - adventure story - setting late 1890s






49. Wrote The Chocolate War






50. Wrote Maniac Magee