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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






2. An argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state

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3. Wrote Hatchet






4. 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






5. 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






6. 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






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






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






9. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






10. 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






11. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






12. Wrote Touching Spirit Bear






13. Wrote The Chocolate War






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






15. A pampered dog (Buck) adjusts to the harsh realities of life in the North as he struggles with his recovered wild instincts and finds a master (John Thorton) who treats him right; novel - adventure story - setting late 1890s






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






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






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






19. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






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






22. 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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. 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






28. Wrote Wuthering Heights






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






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






31. Wrote Lord of the Flies - To the Ends of the Earth; British novelist - poet






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






33. 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






34. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






35. 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






36. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






37. Wrote Charlotte's Web






38. 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






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






40. 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






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






42. Wrote The House on Mango Street






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






44. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






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






46. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






47. Wrote Roll of Thunder






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






49. Wrote Sounder






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