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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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.






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






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






4. Wrote A Farewell to Arms - The Old Man and the Sea - and The Sun Also Rises; American writer and journalist; veteran of WWI - belongs to literary movement called 'The Lost Generation'






5. Wrote The House on Mango Street






6. '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






7. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






8. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






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






10. 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






11. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






12. A self - made man (Gatsby) woos and loses a married aristocratic woman (Daisy) he loves






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






14. Wrote The Real McCoy: The Life of an American Inventor






15. Wrote 1984 - Animal Farm; dark satire on Stalinist totalitarianism






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


17. 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






18. 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






19. Wrote Shiloh






20. Wrote Maniac Magee






21. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






22. Wrote The Aeneid






23. Wrote Watership Down






24. A young woman (Esther Greenwood) whose talent and intelligence have brought her close to achieving her dreams must overcome suicidal tendencies






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






26. 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






27. 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


28. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






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






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






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






32. Wrote Hoot






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






34. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






35. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






36. 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






37. Wrote Walk Two Moons






38. 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






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






40. 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






41. Wrote 'Wild Nights -- Wild Nights!;' 'I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died -' and 'Because I Could Not Stop For Death --;' 19th century poet; major themes: flowers/gardens - the master poems - morbidity - gospel poems - the undiscovered continent; irregula






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






43. Wrote Jane Eyre






44. Wrote A Wrinkle in Time - A Swiftly Tilting Planet - A Wind in the Door - The Small Rain - 24 Days before Christmas


45. 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






46. Wrote The Yearling






47. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






48. 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






49. 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






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