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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






2. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






3. Wrote Beloved - The Bluest Eye - and Song of Soloman; female - African - American writer - won Pulitzer Prize in 1988






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






5. 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






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






7. Wrote Holes






8. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






9. Wrote Charlotte's Web






10. 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'






11. Wrote Hatchet






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






13. 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.






14. Wrote Watership Down






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






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






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






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






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






20. Wrote The Glory Field






21. Wrote The Chocolate War






22. Wrote Sounder






23. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






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






25. 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






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






27. 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






28. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






29. Wrote 'History of a Nun;' prolific dramatist of the Restoration (18th century) - one of the first English female writers






30. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






31. Wrote Johnny Tremain






32. 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






33. 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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34. Wrote Crime and Punishment; Russian writer - essayist - philosopher






35. Wrote Ethan Frome






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






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






38. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






39. Wrote Maniac Magee






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






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






42. Wrote The Story of My Life and The Frost King; American author - political activist - lecturer; first deafblind person to earn BA






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






44. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






45. Wrote The Weary Blues - The Ways of White Folks - and Not Without Laughter; American poet - novelist - playwright - short story writer - and columnist; early innovator for literary art known as jazz poetry; best known for work during Harlem Renaissan






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






47. Wrote The Hobbit






48. Wrote Doctor Faustus






49. 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;






50. 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