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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Wrote Emma; Pride and Prejudice; Persuasion; Mansfield Park - et al.






2. Wrote The Pigman






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






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






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






6. 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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7. Wrote Watership Down






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






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






10. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






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






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






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






14. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






15. 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.






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






17. Wrote Ethan Frome






18. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






19. A man is shipwrecked on an island - where he lives for more than 20 years - fending off cannibals and creating a pleasant life for himself






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






21. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






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






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






24. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






25. 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






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






27. Wrote Out of the Dust






28. Wrote The Hobbit






29. 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;






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






31. Wrote The Aeneid






32. Wrote Sounder






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






34. Wrote Holes






35. 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






36. Gothic novel; a scientist creates a monster - and then abandons it in horror - a decision that leads to disaster and the deaths of nearly everyone he loves






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






38. 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






39. Wrote The Chocolate War






40. 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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41. 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






42. Wrote The Eye - the Ear - and the Arm






43. Wrote The House on Mango Street






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






45. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






46. Wrote Jane Eyre






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






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






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






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