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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






2. Wrote Wuthering Heights






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






4. Wrote Out of the Dust






5. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






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






7. 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






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






9. 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;






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






11. Wrote The House on Mango Street






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






13. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






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






15. Book written by George Orwell - announced an insane world of dehumanization through terror in which the individual was systematically obliterated by an all - power elite; key phrases: Big Brother - doublethink - Newspeak - the Ministry of Peace...Tru






16. Wrote Ethan Frome






17. Told in chapters alternating from Lorraine's and John's point of view - opens with an 'Oath -' signed by both John and Lorraine - two high school sophomores - in which they swear to tell only the facts - in this 'memorial epic' about their experience






18. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






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






20. 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






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






22. Wrote Doctor Faustus






23. 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






24. Wrote The Color Purple; American author - self - declared feminist and womanist; won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction






25. 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






26. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






27. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






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






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






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






31. 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






32. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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33. Wrote Walk Two Moons






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






35. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






36. Wrote Maniac Magee






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






38. 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






39. A group of poor kids (greasers) hold their own against a group of rich kids (socials aka socs) - losing two of their own in the process; protagonist: Ponyboy Curtis; bildungsroman; setting 1960s






40. 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






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

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






44. In a futuristic America - a firefighter (Guy Montag) decides to buck society - stop burning books - and start seeking knowledge; themes: censorship - knowledge vs. ignorance - religion as a knowledge giver






45. '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






46. Wrote Charlotte's Web






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






48. 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






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






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