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This week's featured author pages

Michel Foucault (1926 - 1984) -- French poststructuralist philosopher, who sought to reveal power relationships in society by so-called 'archaeologies' of the past

Francis Herbert Bradley (1846 - 1924) -- eminent British philosopher, who straddles the traditions of British empiricism and German idealism

Edward M. Forster (1879 - 1970) -- notable English novelist

George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) -- Anglo-Irish playwright and critic

Carlo Collodi (1826 - 1890) -- Italian author and the creator of the character Pinocchio