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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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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2. Wrote Wuthering Heights






3. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






4. 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






5. Wrote Charlotte's Web






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






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






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






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






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






11. Wrote Sounder






12. 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






13. Wrote Billy Budd - Sailor; Moby Dick; classified as a Dark Romantic; American novelist - short story writer - essayist - and poet






14. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






15. Wrote Doctor Faustus






16. 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






17. 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






18. 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.






19. Wrote Ethan Frome






20. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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21. A group of poor kids (greasers) hold their own against a group of rich kids (socials aka socs) - losing two of their own in the process; protagonist: Ponyboy Curtis; bildungsroman; setting 1960s






22. Wrote The Chocolate War






23. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






24. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






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






26. 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






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






28. Wrote Shiloh






29. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






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






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






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






33. 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






34. 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






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






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






37. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






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






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






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






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






42. Wrote The Yearling






43. 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






44. 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






45. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






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






47. 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






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






49. Wrote The Pigman






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