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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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






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






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






4. 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






5. Wrote Wuthering Heights






6. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






12. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






13. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






14. Wrote The Outsiders






15. 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






16. An impoverished young woman (Jane) struggles to maintain her autonomy in the face of oppression - prejudice - and love; Gothic novel - bildungsroman - social portest novel






17. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






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






19. 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






20. Wrote The Hobbit






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






22. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






23. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






24. Wrote Ethan Frome






25. Wrote Walk Two Moons






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






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






28. 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






29. 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






30. Wrote The Invisible Man - The War of the Worlds - The Time Machine






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






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






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






34. Wrote Leaves of Grass; celebrated the freedom and dignity of the individual and sang the praises of democracy






35. Wrote The Yearling






36. 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






37. 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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38. Wrote The Eye - the Ear - and the Arm






39. Wrote Anna Karenina - War and Peace; Russian writer - realistic fiction






40. Wrote Charlotte's Web






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






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






43. Wrote The Aeneid






44. 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






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






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






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






48. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






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






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