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This week's featured author pagesEmily Bronte (1818 - 1848) -- introspective member of the famous Brontë family, whose only novel is one of the most significant of its period.
John Milton (1608 - 1674) -- one of the greatest poets in English
Lorenzo Valla (1407 - 1457) -- Italian humanist who was critical of medieval scholasticism
Roscelin (1125 - 1125) -- French scholastic philosopher and one of the earliest proponents of nominalism
Leo Tolstoy (1828 - 1910) -- one of the greatest of all novelists; Russian author of realistic fiction.