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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






2. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






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






4. 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






5. 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






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






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






8. Wrote Walk Two Moons






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






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






11. Wrote Charlotte's Web






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






13. 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






14. 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






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






16. Wrote The Outsiders






17. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






18. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






19. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






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






21. Wrote Shiloh






22. Wrote Hoot






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






24. 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






25. Wrote Watership Down






26. 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






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






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






29. It is set in a future society which is at first presented as a utopian society and gradually appears more and more dystopian; therefore - it could be considered anti - utopian; the novel follows a boy named Jonas through the twelfth year of his life;






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






31. Wrote The House on Mango Street






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






33. 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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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

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






41. 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






42. Wrote The Pigman






43. Wrote Hatchet






44. 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






45. 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






46. A Trojan (Aeneas) destined to found Rome - undergoes many trials on land and sea during his journey to Italy - finally defeating the Latin Turnus and avenging the murder of Pallas.






47. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






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






49. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






50. Wrote Wuthering Heights