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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






2. 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate;' Shakespearean couplet with ABAB CDCE EFEF GG rhyme scheme






3. 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






4. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






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






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






7. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






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






9. 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






10. Wrote The Yearling






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






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






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






14. 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






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






16. 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






17. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






18. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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19. Wrote Charlotte's Web






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






21. Wrote Hatchet






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. 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






24. Wrote The Glory Field






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






26. 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.






27. Wrote The House on Mango Street






28. 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






29. 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






30. Wrote Sounder






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






32. Wrote The Chocolate War






33. Wrote Night






34. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






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






36. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






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






38. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






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






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






41. Wrote The Great Gatsby






42. 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






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






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






45. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






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






47. 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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48. Wrote The Real McCoy: The Life of an American Inventor






49. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






50. 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