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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






2. Wrote The House on Mango Street






3. Wrote Jane Eyre






4. Wrote The Outsiders






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






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






7. Wrote Maniac Magee






8. Wrote The Outsiders






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






10. 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






11. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






12. Wrote Holes






13. Wrote Wuthering Heights






14. Wrote Hoot






15. Wrote Doctor Faustus






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






17. Wrote David Copperfield - Great Expectations; English novelist during Victorian era






18. Wrote Hatchet






19. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






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






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






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






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






24. 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






25. Wrote 'Prometheus Unbound -' 'Ode to the West Wind -' and 'To A Skylark'






26. '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






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






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






29. Wrote Charlotte's Web






30. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






31. 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






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






33. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






40. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






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






42. Wrote 'We Are Seven -' 'The Prelude -' and 'The World is Too Much With Us;' English Romantic poet; joint publication of 'Lyrical Ballads' with Samuel Taylor Coleridge; motifs: wanders vs wandering - memory - vision/sight - light - leech gatherer; bel






43. Wrote Sounder






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






45. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






46. 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






47. Wrote Roll of Thunder






48. 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

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49. 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






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







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