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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






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






3. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






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






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






6. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






7. Wrote The Yearling






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






9. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






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






11. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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12. Wrote Johnny Tremain






13. 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






14. 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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15. 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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16. Wrote Holes






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






18. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






19. An ex- slave is haunted by the memory of the daughter she killed; historical fiction - ghost story; characters include: Baby Suggs - Denver - Sethe






20. Wrote The House on Mango Street






21. Southern gothic novel; bildungsroman; narrator: Scout; serious issues dealing with rape and inequality






22. 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






23. Wrote Hoot






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






25. 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






26. Wrote Bud Not Buddy - The Watsons Go to Birmingham






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






28. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






29. Wrote Night






30. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






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






32. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






33. 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






34. 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






35. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






36. 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






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






38. 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






39. 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'






40. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






41. Wrote Out of the Dust






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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