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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. After having an affair with a handsome military man - a woman kills herself; russion - 1970s - psychological novel






2. Wrote Charlotte's Web






3. Wrote The Aeneid






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






5. Wrote The Great Gatsby






6. 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






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






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






9. An impoverished young woman (Jane) struggles to maintain her autonomy in the face of oppression - prejudice - and love; Gothic novel - bildungsroman - social portest novel






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






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






12. Wrote Crime and Punishment; Russian writer - essayist - philosopher






13. 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






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






15. Wrote Shiloh






16. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






17. Wrote Out of the Dust






18. A great warrior - goes to Denmark on a successful mission to kill Grendel; he returns home to Geatland - where he becomes king and slays a dragon before dying; poem; alliterative verse - elegy - small scale heroic epic; author unknown; setting around






19. Wrote Maniac Magee






20. Wrote Jane Eyre






21. 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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22. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






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






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






25. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






26. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






27. 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






28. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






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






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






31. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






32. Wrote The Hobbit






33. Wrote The House on Mango Street






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






35. 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






36. Wrote The Pigman






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






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






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






41. The protagonist of the story is a boy named Sandy whose family must deal with a variety of struggles imposed upon them due to their race and class in society in addition to relating to one another






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






43. Wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God; 20th century African - American writer; folklorist during the Harlem Renaissance






44. 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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45. 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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46. Wrote Robinson Crusoe; known as the father of the English novel






47. 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






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






49. 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






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