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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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






2. Wrote Walk Two Moons






3. 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






4. Wrote Hoot






5. Wrote The Pigman






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






7. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






8. A young woman (Esther Greenwood) whose talent and intelligence have brought her close to achieving her dreams must overcome suicidal tendencies






9. 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






10. '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






11. Wrote The Aeneid






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






13. Wrote Watership Down






14. Wrote Night






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






16. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






17. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






18. Wrote Holes






19. Wrote Sounder






20. Wrote The Hobbit






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






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






23. 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






24. Wrote Johnny Tremain






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






26. Wrote Anna Karenina - War and Peace; Russian writer - realistic fiction






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






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






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






30. Wrote The Eye - the Ear - and the Arm






31. Wrote The Yearling






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. Wrote The Glory Field






34. Wrote 'Wild Nights -- Wild Nights!;' 'I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died -' and 'Because I Could Not Stop For Death --;' 19th century poet; major themes: flowers/gardens - the master poems - morbidity - gospel poems - the undiscovered continent; irregula






35. Wrote Jane Eyre






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






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






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






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






40. Wrote Maniac Magee






41. Wrote 1984 - Animal Farm; dark satire on Stalinist totalitarianism






42. 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






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






44. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






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






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






47. Wrote Hatchet






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






49. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






50. Wrote The Catcher in the Rye







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