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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






2. Wrote Jane Eyre






3. Wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; African - American autobiographer and poet






4. Wrote Maniac Magee






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






7. 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






8. Wrote Ethan Frome






9. Wrote Sarah Plain and Tall






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






11. 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






12. Wrote The Hobbit






13. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






14. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






15. Wrote Hatchet






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






17. 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






18. 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






19. Wrote The Bell Jar; born during the great depression






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






21. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






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






23. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






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






26. Wrote Walk Two Moons






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






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






29. Wrote Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - editor of 'The North Star -' abolitionist - was self - educated slave






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






31. 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






32. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






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






34. 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






35. Wrote Leaves of Grass; celebrated the freedom and dignity of the individual and sang the praises of democracy






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






37. 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






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






39. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






40. An impoverished young woman (Jane) struggles to maintain her autonomy in the face of oppression - prejudice - and love; Gothic novel - bildungsroman - social portest novel






41. Wrote The Pigman






42. Wrote Roll of Thunder






43. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






44. '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






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






46. 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






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






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






49. Wrote Wuthering Heights






50. Wrote Shiloh