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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






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






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






4. Wrote The Lion - the Witch - and the Wardrobe






5. 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






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






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






8. 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






9. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






10. Wrote Wuthering Heights






11. Wrote The Aeneid






12. Wrote Charlotte's Web






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. Wrote The Great Gatsby






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






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






17. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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18. Wrote Hatchet






19. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






20. 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






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






22. A black girl growing up in the South struggles against racism - sexism - and lack of power






23. 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






24. 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






25. Wrote The Outsiders






26. Wrote The Glory Field






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






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






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

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30. 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






31. 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






32. Wrote The Outsiders






33. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






34. Wrote Jane Eyre






35. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






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






37. 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






38. Wrote Johnny Tremain






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






40. Wrote Roll of Thunder






41. 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






42. Wrote The Hobbit






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






44. Wrote 'Aurora Leigh -' poet of the Victorian era






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






46. 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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47. 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'






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






49. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






50. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond







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