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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. 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






2. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






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






4. 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'






5. 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






6. 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






7. 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






8. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






9. After surviving a poverty - stricken childhood - the death of his mother - a cruel stepfather - and an unfortunate first marriage - a boys finds success as a writer; themes: plight of the weak - importance of equality in marriage - dangers of wealth






10. Wrote The Outsiders






11. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






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






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






14. 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






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






16. 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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17. Wrote The Pigman






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






19. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






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






21. Wrote Hatchet






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






23. Wrote Out of the Dust






24. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






25. Wrote The Outsiders






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






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






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






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






30. Wrote The Great Gatsby






31. 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






32. Wrote Shiloh






33. 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






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






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






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






37. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






38. 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






39. Wrote Roll of Thunder






40. 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






41. Wrote Walk Two Moons






42. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






43. 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






44. Wrote The Chocolate War






45. Wrote The Hobbit






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






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






48. Wrote Sounder






49. 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






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







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