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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






2. Wrote Sounder






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






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






5. Wrote The Aeneid






6. '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






7. Wrote Walk Two Moons






8. 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






9. A group of English boys (Jack - Piggy - Ralph - Roger - Sam - Eric - and Simon) - marooned on an island - rapidly turn lawless and bloodthirsty






10. A monomaniacal captain tries and fails to kill a monstrous white whale; adventure story - quest tale - allegory; protagonist: Ishmael - Ahab; antogonist: Ahab - great white sperm whale






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 Great Gatsby






13. 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






14. 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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






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






22. Wrote Holes






23. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






24. Wrote Maniac Magee






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






26. Wrote Roll of Thunder






27. Wrote Ethan Frome






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






29. 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






30. Wrote The Outsiders






31. In an attempt to prove a theory - a student (Raskolnikov) murders two women - after which he suffers greatly from guilt and worry; psychological drama - setting in the 1860s






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






33. Wrote The Swiss Family Robinson






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






35. 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






36. 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






37. 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






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






39. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






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






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






42. 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






43. 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'






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






45. 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






46. 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






47. A Trojan (Aeneas) destined to found Rome - undergoes many trials on land and sea during his journey to Italy - finally defeating the Latin Turnus and avenging the murder of Pallas.






48. 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






49. Wrote The Voice on the Radio






50. Wrote Alice In Wonderland