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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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






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






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






4. Wrote The Chocolate War






5. 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






6. Wrote The Great Gatsby






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






11. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






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 Jane Eyre






14. Wrote Maniac Magee






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






16. Wrote Watership Down






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






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






19. 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






20. Wrote Roll of Thunder






21. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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22. 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






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






24. 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






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






26. Wrote Ethan Frome






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






28. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






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






30. Wrote Hoot






31. 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'






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

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33. Wrote 'History of a Nun;' prolific dramatist of the Restoration (18th century) - one of the first English female writers






34. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






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






36. Wrote The Yearling






37. Wrote Wuthering Heights






38. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






39. Wrote The Pigman






40. 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






41. 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






42. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






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






44. 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






45. 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






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






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






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






50. A girl (Alice) falls asleep and dreams of a series of adventures; children's novel; fantasy







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