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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote Out of the Dust






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






3. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






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






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






6. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






7. 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






8. Wrote The Chocolate War






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






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

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11. 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;






12. Wrote Johnny Tremain






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 Touching Spirit Bear






15. 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






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






17. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






18. 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






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






20. Wrote The Outsiders






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






22. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






23. 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






24. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






25. Wrote Holes






26. 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






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






28. 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






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






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






32. 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






33. 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






34. Wrote The Great Gatsby






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






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. Wrote The Bell Jar; born during the great depression






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






39. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






40. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






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






42. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






43. 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






44. 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






45. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






46. Wrote The Glory Field






47. Wrote Charlotte's Web






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






49. Wrote Shiloh






50. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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