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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. Wrote 'History of a Nun;' prolific dramatist of the Restoration (18th century) - one of the first English female writers






2. Wrote Robinson Crusoe; known as the father of the English novel






3. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






4. 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






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






6. Wrote Watership Down






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






8. Wrote Shiloh






9. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






15. Wrote The Hobbit






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Wrote Hatchet






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






25. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






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. Wrote Roll of Thunder






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






29. Wrote 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and 'Rip Van Winkle;' American author - essayist - biographer - historian






30. Wrote The Color Purple; American author - self - declared feminist and womanist; won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction






31. Wrote The Pigman






32. 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






33. 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






34. Wrote The Yearling






35. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






36. Wrote The House on Mango Street






37. Wrote Jane Eyre






38. 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






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






41. 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






42. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






43. 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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44. Wrote The Glory Field






45. Wrote Walk Two Moons






46. '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






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






48. Wrote Ethan Frome






49. Wrote Out of the Dust






50. 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







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