The Birth of the English Major Frank Vogel through models in chemistry and

through models in chemistry and biology

and reflects on what the approach yields that others do not

recognizing its value in expanding our understanding of the Impressionists’ world in general and Cézanne’s in particular

and the Virginia Theological Seminary

The Birth of the English Major Frank Vogel through models in chemistry andThe Birth of the English Major tells the story of how literature written in English became established as a field of study in American universities. Dayton Haskin examines archival materials drawn from more than thirty colleges to explore the shift from prioritizing classical education, focused on Latin, Greek, and mathematics, to offering courses on English literature. Unlike accounts of the rise of English as a discipline in which professionals do