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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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2. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






3. Wrote The Aeneid






4. Wrote 'A Fisherman -' 'The Second Coming -' and 'Easter 1916;' Irish poet and dramatist; foremost figures of 20th century literature; British WWI poet






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






6. Wrote Hoot






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Wrote Johnny Tremain






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






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






20. 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






21. Wrote The Yearling






22. 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






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






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






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






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






28. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






29. Wrote Mrs. Dalloway - Night and Day - The Voyage Out - and Jacob's Room; English novelist and essayist; one of the foremost modernist literary figures of 20th century






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






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






32. Wrote Wuthering Heights






33. 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






34. 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






35. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






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






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






38. 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






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






40. A group of Chinese mothers and their American - born daughters struggle to communicate and understand each other; four families dipicted Woo - Jong - Hsu - and St. Clair






41. Wrote Maniac Magee






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






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






44. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






45. 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






46. 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






47. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






48. In a futuristic America - a firefighter (Guy Montag) decides to buck society - stop burning books - and start seeking knowledge; themes: censorship - knowledge vs. ignorance - religion as a knowledge giver






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






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