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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. An argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state

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2. 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






3. The portrait of a sinful young man ages while the young man depicted in the portrait remains youthful; English Gothic novel






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






5. Wrote Night






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






7. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






8. 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






9. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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






13. 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






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






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

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16. Wrote 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock -' 'The Waste Land' and 'The Hollow Men;' British WWI poet - playwright - and literary critic






17. 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






18. Wrote The Chocolate War






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






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






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






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






23. Wrote The House on Mango Street






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






25. Wrote Red Badge of Courage; American novelist - short story writer - poet - journalist - raised in NY and NJ; style and technique: naturalism - realism - impressionism; themes: ideals v. realities - spiritual crisis - fears






26. 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






27. Wrote Wuthering Heights






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






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






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






32. 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






33. 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






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






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






36. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






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






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






39. 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






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






41. 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






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






43. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






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






45. Wrote The Outsiders






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






47. 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






48. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






49. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






50. Wrote The Glory Field