One winter morning, poet Dawn Potter sat down at her desk in Harmony, Maine, and began copying out the opening lines of John Milton's Paradise Lost.

One of a series designed to motivate and encourage students who may be working on certain writers for the first time.

Self-representation, intention, and authority -- Interlude : the 1633 "Letter to a friend" -- The least of sinners : Milton in context -- "Himself before himself" : the early works -- "Kingdom of free spirits" : the anti-prelatical works -- ...

This story of Bronson and Louisa's tense yet loving relationship adds dimensions to Louisa's life, her work, and the relationships of fathers and daughters.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.