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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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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. Wrote The House on Mango Street






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






5. Wrote Because of Winn - Dixie






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






7. Wrote 'The Road Not Taken;' American poet; highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech; won Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry four times






8. 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






9. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye






10. 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






11. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






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






13. 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






14. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






15. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






16. Wrote Maniac Magee






17. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






18. 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






19. 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






20. Wrote David Copperfield - Great Expectations; English novelist during Victorian era






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






22. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






23. Wrote Doctor Faustus






24. 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






25. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






26. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






27. Wrote The Pigman






28. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






29. A man is shipwrecked on an island - where he lives for more than 20 years - fending off cannibals and creating a pleasant life for himself






30. After having an affair with a handsome military man - a woman kills herself; russion - 1970s - psychological novel






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






32. 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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. Wrote Watership Down






39. Wrote Billy Budd - Sailor; Moby Dick; classified as a Dark Romantic; American novelist - short story writer - essayist - and poet






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






47. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






48. 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






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






50. 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