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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






2. Wrote Johnny Tremain






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






4. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






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






6. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






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






8. Wrote Roll of Thunder






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






10. Wrote The Outsiders






11. Wrote Hoot






12. Wrote The Chocolate War






13. 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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14. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






15. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






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






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






18. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






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






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






21. Wrote Ethan Frome






22. Wrote Night






23. 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;






24. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






25. Wrote Charlotte's Web






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






27. Wrote Wuthering Heights






28. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






29. Wrote The House on Mango Street






30. Wrote Maniac Magee






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






32. 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






33. Wrote Doctor Faustus






34. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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35. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






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






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






38. Maintains the bird metaphor throughout the poem's ninety - six lines - describing the various 'flights' of five of her children and her concerns about those remaining in the nest

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39. Wrote Watership Down






40. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






41. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






42. Wrote Jane Eyre






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






44. A group of animals mount a successful rebellion against the farmer who rules them - but their dreams of equality for all are ruined when one pig seizes power; novella - dystopian animal fable






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






46. 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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47. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






48. Wrote The Pigman






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






50. 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