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This week's featured author pagesEdith Wharton (1862 - 1937) -- writer who portrayed late nineteenth and early twentieth century American society
Moses Marsilius (1280 - 1342) -- Italian philosopher who argued for a model of popular government
Charles Brockden Brown (1771 - 1810) -- pioneering American gothic novelist
Cesare Beccaria (1738 - 1794) -- Italian jurist who, preempting Bentham, encouraged the improvement of prison systems in Europe
Stephen Crane (1871 - 1900) -- American novelist, famous for his masterpiece The Red Badge of Courage