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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






2. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






3. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






4. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






5. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






6. 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;






7. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






8. Wrote 'In Reference to her Children;' English - American writer - first notable American poet; first woman to be published in Colonial America






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 Swiss Family Robinson






11. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






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






13. Wrote The Yearling






14. Wrote The Aeneid






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






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


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






18. 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






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






20. 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






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






22. Wrote Holes






23. Wrote The Outsiders






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






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






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 The Chocolate War






28. 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






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






30. Wrote Hatchet






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






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






33. heroic fantasy novel about a small group of British rabbits; Fiver - a young runt rabbit who is a seer - receives a frightening vision of his warren's imminent destruction






34. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






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






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






37. Wrote The Fall of the House of Usher - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - and The Raven; wrote poems: 'To Science -' 'The City and the Sea -' and 'Silence;' American writer - poet - editor and literary critic; part of American Romantic Movement






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. 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


40. '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






41. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






42. Wrote 'The Birth - Mark -' The Scarlet Letter; works are considered part of the Romantic movement (specifically dark romancism)






43. Wrote The Great Gatsby






44. 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






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






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






47. Wrote Sounder






48. Wrote Watership Down






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






50. Wrote Ethan Frome