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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






2. Wrote The Outsiders






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






4. 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






5. 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






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






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






8. Wrote Holes






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






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






11. Wrote Walk Two Moons






12. Wrote Johnny Tremain






13. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






14. 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






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






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






17. Wrote Sounder






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






19. 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.






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






21. Wrote Shiloh






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






23. Wrote 'The Road Not Taken;' American poet; highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech; won Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry four times






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

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25. Wrote The Aeneid






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






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






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






29. After surviving a poverty - stricken childhood - the death of his mother - a cruel stepfather - and an unfortunate first marriage - a boys finds success as a writer; themes: plight of the weak - importance of equality in marriage - dangers of wealth






30. 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






31. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






32. Wrote Jane Eyre






33. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






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






35. 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






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






38. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






39. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






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






41. 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






42. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






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






44. Wrote Wuthering Heights






45. A group of English boys (Jack - Piggy - Ralph - Roger - Sam - Eric - and Simon) - marooned on an island - rapidly turn lawless and bloodthirsty






46. Wrote The Great Gatsby






47. Wrote The Diary of a Young Girl (autobiographical literature set between 1942-1944) 1st published in 1952 - chronicles her life in Nazi Germany






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






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






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